Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION ACT 1983 No. 5 of 1983 - SECT 15

15. (1) The Minister shall cause a copy of a Proclamation made under section
6, 7 or 8 to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 5 sitting days
of that House after the making of the Proclamation.

(2) If a copy of a Proclamation made under section 6, 7 or 8 is not laid
before a House of the Parliament in accordance with sub-section (1), the
Proclamation ceases to be in force upon the expiration of the last day on
which a copy of that Proclamation could have been laid before that House in
accordance with sub-section (1).

(3) If either House of the Parliament, pursuant to a motion of which notice
has been given within 15 sitting days of that House after a copy of a
Proclamation under section 6, 7 or 8 has been laid before that House, passes a
resolution disapproving of the declaration in the Proclamation, the
Proclamation ceases to be in force.

(4) If, at the expiration of 15 sitting days after notice of a motion
disapproving of a declaration in a Proclamation under section 6, 7 or 8 has
been given in a House of the Parliament, being notice given within 15 sitting
days of that House after a copy of the Proclamation has been laid before that
House -

   (a)  the notice has not been withdrawn and the motion has not been called
on; or

   (b)  the motion has been called on, moved and seconded and has not been
        withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, the Proclamation ceases to be in
        force.

(5) If, before the expiration of 15 sitting days after notice of a motion
disapproving of a declaration in a Proclamation under section 6, 7 or 8 has
been given in a House of the Parliament -

   (a)  the House of Representatives is dissolved or expires, or the
        Parliament
is prorogued; and

   (b)  at the time of the dissolution, expiry or prorogation, as the case may
        be -

        (i)    the notice has not been withdrawn and the motion has not been
               called on; or

        (ii)   the motion has been called on, moved and seconded and has not
               been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, the copy of the
               Proclamation shall, for the purposes of sub-sections (3) and
               (4), be deemed to have been laid before that first-mentioned
               House on the first sitting day of that first-mentioned House
               after the dissolution, expiry or prorogation.