Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

COMMISSIONER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (NO 29 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Commissioner for the Environment (Amendment) Act 1997.  
   2.      This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.  
   3.      In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993.1  
   4.      Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:“ ‘pre-election year' means the calendar year preceding a calendar year in which a general election of members of the Legislative Assembly would be required in accordance with subsection 100 (1) of the Electoral Act 1992; ”.  
   5.      Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:  
   6.      Section 19 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:  
   7.      After section 19 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:  
   8.      Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   9.      Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “inquiry” and substituting “investigation”.  
   10.     (1) The first State of the Environment Report under subsection 19 (1) of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, shall be submitted to the Minister by a date specified by the Minister by notice in writing given to the Commissioner.