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<leghistory id="act-2026-012" type="act" title="Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2026" project.no="B25_0033" version.series.id="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403" version.desc.id="e0c83c11-4c8d-4c1f-8fde-a100d71f972d" act.type="publicgeneral"><legislationlist><actentry bill.project.no="B25_0033" type="act.original" doc.id="act-2026-012" introduction.date="2025-11-20" assent.date="2026-06-16"><legref valid.date="as.made" target.doc.id="act-2026-012" type="act" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403" jurisd="QLD" check="unknown"><name emphasis="yes">Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2026</name></legref><commencements><commencement guid="_9b5f8167-1211-4598-a743-65e11c1cf65a" commence.date="2026-06-16" type="commence"><txt break.before="1"><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="pt.1" target.doc.id="act-2026-012" 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check="invalid">183</legref>, s<legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="ch.1" target.doc.id="act-2026-012" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403" check="invalid">ch&#160;1</legref> <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="ch.1-pt.2" target.doc.id="act-2026-012" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403" check="invalid">pt&#160;2</legref> not yet proclaimed into force (see <legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.2" target.doc.id="act-2026-012" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403" check="invalid">s&#160;2</legref>)</txt><txt break.before="1">Note—This Act will automatically be repealed under AIA <legref check="invalid" refid="sec.22C" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403" target.doc.id="act-2026-012" type="act" jurisd="QLD">s&#160;22C</legref> at the beginning of the day after all of its provisions have commenced.</txt></commencement></commencements></actentry></legislationlist><creationhistory project.no="B25_0033" title="Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025"><evententry name="Introduced" event.date="2025-11-20"><associateddoc print.type="bill.first" target.doc.id="bill-2025-033" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403">Bill (Introduction)</associateddoc><associateddoc print.type="bill.first.exp" target.doc.id="bill-2025-033" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403">Explanatory Note</associateddoc><associateddoc print.type="bill.first.hrc" target.doc.id="bill-2025-033" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403">Human Rights Statement of Compatibility</associateddoc></evententry><evententry name="Indicative Reprint" event.date="2025-12-05"><associateddoc print.type="speciallabel" target.doc.id="bill-2025-033" special.label="act-1994-062" target.version.series="0cc7a2ed-98e2-448d-b650-e67b46bf5403">                    Environmental Protection Act 1994 (as amended by the Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025)
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