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Western Australia National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2009 CONTENTS 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Act amended 2 4. Section 6 amended 2 5. Section 13 amended 2 6. Section 20 amended 3 7. Part 3 Division 2A inserted 3 Division 2A -- Minor variation of national environment protection measures 22A. Minor variation of measures 3 22B. Public consultation for minor amendments 4 22C. Council to have regard to submissions 5 8. Section 36 amended 5 9. Section 43 amended 6 10. Section 49 amended 6 11. Section 51 amended 6 12. Section 56 amended 6 13. Section 59 replaced 7 59. Annual reports 7 14. Section 64 amended 7 038--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2009 A Bill for An Act to amend the National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Act 1996. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 1 1 1. Short title 2 This is the National Environment Protection Council (Western 3 Australia) Amendment Act 2009. 4 2. Commencement 5 This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which 6 it receives the Royal Assent. 7 3. Act amended 8 This Act amends the National Environment Protection Council 9 (Western Australia) Act 1996. 10 4. Section 6 amended 11 In section 6(1) insert in alphabetical order: 12 13 Ministerial Council means a council, comprising one 14 or more Ministers of the Commonwealth and Ministers 15 of one or more of the States or Territories, that includes 16 environmental protection in its functions; 17 minor variation, in relation to a national environment 18 protection measure, means a decision made under 19 section 22A(1) to vary the national environment 20 protection measure; 21 22 5. Section 13 amended 23 In section 13: 24 (a) in paragraph (g) delete "Association." and insert: 25 26 Association; and 27 page 2 National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 6 1 (b) after paragraph (g) insert: 2 3 (h) direct the Service Corporation to provide 4 assistance and support to other Ministerial 5 Councils. 6 7 (c) after each of paragraphs (a) to (e) insert: 8 9 and 10 11 6. Section 20 amended 12 After section 20(4) insert: 13 14 (5) Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply to a minor variation 15 of a national environment protection measure under 16 Division 2A. 17 18 7. Part 3 Division 2A inserted 19 After Part 3 Division 2 insert: 20 21 Division 2A -- Minor variation of national environment 22 protection measures 23 22A. Minor variation of measures 24 (1) The Council may vary any national environment 25 protection measure if -- 26 (a) the variation is supported by a unanimous 27 resolution of all of the members; and 28 (b) the resolution states that the variation does not 29 involve a significant change in the effect of the 30 national environment protection measure. 31 A variation under this section is a minor variation. page 3 National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 7 1 (2) If the Council decides that a variation does not involve 2 a significant change in the effect of the national 3 environment protection measure, the Council must 4 prepare -- 5 (a) a draft of the proposed variation; and 6 (b) a statement relating to the variation that 7 explains -- 8 (i) the reasons for the proposed variation; 9 and 10 (ii) the nature and effect of the proposed 11 variation; and 12 (iii) the reasons why the Council is satisfied 13 that the variation is a minor variation. 14 22B. Public consultation for minor amendments 15 (1) Before making a minor variation to a national 16 environment protection measure, the Council must 17 publish a notice -- 18 (a) stating how the draft of the proposed variation 19 and the explanatory statement may be obtained; 20 and 21 (b) inviting submissions to the Council on the 22 proposed variation, or on the explanatory 23 statement, within a specified period. 24 (2) A notice must -- 25 (a) be published in the Gazette; and 26 (b) in each participating State or Territory 27 concerned, be published, on at least 1 day 28 during the month in which the Gazette notice is 29 published, in a newspaper circulating in that 30 State or Territory. page 4 National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 8 1 (3) The period specified in each notice under 2 subsection (1) must end no less than 1 month after the 3 day on which subsection (2)(b) has been fully complied 4 within all participating jurisdictions. 5 22C. Council to have regard to submissions 6 In making a minor variation to a national environment 7 protection measure, the Council must have regard to -- 8 (a) any submissions it receives that relate to the 9 proposed variation or the explanatory 10 statement; and 11 (b) whether the measure is consistent with 12 section 3 of the Agreement; and 13 (c) relevant international agreements to which 14 Australia is a party; and 15 (d) any regional environmental differences in 16 Australia. 17 18 8. Section 36 amended 19 In section 36: 20 (a) after paragraph (a) insert: 21 22 (aa) to provide assistance and support to other 23 Ministerial Councils as directed by the Council; 24 and 25 26 (b) in paragraph (b) delete "paragraph (a)." and insert: 27 28 paragraph (a) or (aa). 29 page 5 National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 9 1 9. Section 43 amended 2 In section 43(1) delete "Subject to section 87E of the Public 3 Services Act 1922 of the Commonwealth, the" and insert: 4 5 The 6 7 10. Section 49 amended 8 (1) In section 49(1) delete "appointed or employed under the Public 9 Service Act 1922" and insert: 10 11 engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 12 13 (2) Delete section 49(2). 14 11. Section 51 amended 15 In section 51(1) delete "officers and employees of Departments 16 of the Australian Public Service, and of " and insert: 17 18 persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 of 19 the Commonwealth, and engaged by 20 21 12. Section 56 amended 22 (1) In section 56 delete "The money" and insert: 23 24 (1) The money 25 26 (2) At the end of section 56 insert: 27 28 (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent investment of surplus 29 money of the Service Corporation under section 18 of 30 the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies page 6 National Environment Protection Council (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2009 s. 13 1 Act 1997 of the Commonwealth, as it applies to the 2 Service Corporation under section 59 of the 3 Commonwealth Act. 4 5 13. Section 59 replaced 6 Delete section 59 and insert: 7 8 59. Annual reports 9 (1) An annual report prepared under section 9 of the 10 Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 11 of the Commonwealth must also contain any other 12 information required by the Council to be included in 13 the report. 14 (2) A copy of the annual report must be given to each 15 member of the Council as soon as practicable. 16 17 14. Section 64 amended 18 After section 64(2) insert: 19 20 (3) As soon as possible after the end of every 5 year period 21 following the review under subsection (1), the Council 22 must cause a further review of the kind set out in 23 subsection (1) to be undertaken. 24 (4) The report of each further review is to be tabled in each 25 House of the Parliament of Western Australia within 26 12 months after the end of the period to which it 27 relates. 28 29
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