Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Act 2017

No. 89, 2017

An Act to amend the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title 1

2 Commencement 2

3 Schedules 2

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 3

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 3

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Act 2017

No. 89, 2017

An Act to amend the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975, and for related purposes

[Assented to 23 August 2017]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title

This Act is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Act 2017.
2 Commencement 1

Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information Commencement information 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. 24 August 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 2

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Amendment of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

 1 Section 39ZH (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

 39ZH Revoking or freezing plans of management 2 Subsection 39ZH(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 4

A plan of management containing enforcement provisions is of no effect at any time when there are no regulations in force providing for giving effect to the provisions.

 4A

(4A) Subsection (4) does not prevent the amendment or revocation of a plan of management while it is of no effect because of that subsection.

 3 At the end of section 39ZI

Add:

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 15 June 2017

Senate on 16 August 2017]

(120/17)

 4

A plan of management that has no effect because of subsection 39ZH(4) is taken not to be in force for the purposes of this section.