SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 21OD

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 21OD

21OD—Designated areas

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, designate an area of land as a designated area for the purposes of this Part.

        (2)         The Minister may, by further notice published in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice published under subsection (1).

        (3)         A notice under subsection (1) or (2) can only include within a designated area land that is within 20 km of a boundary of a relevant prescribed area.

        (4)         A notice under subsection (1) or (2) takes effect on the day on which it is published in the Gazette, or on a later day as specified in the notice.

        (5)         If the Minister publishes a notice under subsection (1) or (2), the Minister must cause a copy of the notice to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

        (6)         If either House of Parliament passes a resolution disallowing a notice laid before it under subsection (5), the notice will cease to have effect (and in the case of a notice under subsection (2) varying or revoking a notice under subsection (1), the notice under subsection (1) will, from that time, apply as if it had not been varied or revoked (as the case requires) by the notice under subsection (2)).

        (7)         A resolution is not effective for the purposes of subsection (6) unless passed in pursuance of a notice of motion given within 14 sitting days (which need not fall within the same session of Parliament) after the day on which the notice was laid before the House under subsection (5).