Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The council may vary or revoke any national environment protection measure.
(2) If the council intends to vary or revoke a national environment protection measure the council shall publish a notice specifying the measure that the council intends varying or revoking.
(3) The notice shall—
(a) be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette ; and
(b) so far as each participating State or Territory is concerned—also be published, on at least 2 days during the month when the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette notice is published, in a newspaper circulating in that State or Territory.
(4) Sections 14, 16, 17 and 18 apply to a variation or revocation of a national environment protection measure as if—
(a) a reference to making a national environment protection measure were a reference to a variation or revocation of a national environment protection measure;
(b) a reference to a national environment protection measure were a reference to the variation or revocation of such a measure;
(c) a reference to a proposed national environment protection measure were a reference to a proposed variation or proposed revocation of such a measure; and
(d) the reference in section 16 to the day on which section 15 (2) (b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions were a reference to the day on which subsection (3) (b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.
(5) A variation or revocation of a national environment protection measure is a notifiable instrument.
(6) Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply to a minor variation of a national environment protection measure under division 3.2A.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.