2013-2014-2015 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Environment Protection and Biodiversity 

Conservation Amendment (Standing) 

Bill 2015 

 

No.      , 2015 

 

(Environment) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment 

Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 

and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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(Standing) Bill 2015 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

 

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No.      , 2015 

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment 

(Standing) Bill 2015 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment 

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Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 

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and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Environment Protection and 

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Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Act 2015. 

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2  Commencement 

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(1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 

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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 

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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment 

(Standing) Bill 2015 

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Commencement information 

Column 1 

Column 2 

Column 3 

Provisions 

Commencement 

Date/Details 

1.  The whole of 

this Act 

The day after this Act receives the Royal 

Assent. 

 

Note: 

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 

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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of 

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this Act. 

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(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. 

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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 

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may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 

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3  Schedules 

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  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

--Amendments 

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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 

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1999 

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1  Section 487 

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Repeal the section. 

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2  Application of amendment 

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The repeal of section 487 of the Environment Protection and 

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Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 by this Schedule applies in relation 

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to any application made under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial 

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Review) Act 1977 after this item commences (whether the decision, 

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failure to make a decision or conduct to which the application relates 

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occurs before or after this item commences). 

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