Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 56A

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  the Minister intends to develop a draft amendment to a bilateral agreement (the principal agreement ); and

                     (b)  the Minister is satisfied that the amendment will not have a significant effect on the operation of the principal agreement; and

                     (c)  the Minister makes a determination, in writing, to that effect.

             (2)  If the Minister makes a determination under paragraph (1)(c):

                     (a)  the following provisions of this Part do not apply in relation to the amendment to the principal agreement:

                              (i)  subsection 45(3);

                             (ii)  paragraphs 45(4)(b) and (c);

                            (iii)  section 49A; and

                     (b)  the Minister must publish the principal agreement, as amended by the amending agreement, at the same time as publishing the amending agreement under paragraph 45(4)(a).

             (3)  A determination made under paragraph (1)(c) is not a legislative instrument.