Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 2) (Cth)

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 2)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 301

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Dated 12 November 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

PETER ROBERT GARRETT

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 2).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

Amendment of Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000.

Transitional

(1)Despite the amendments made by Schedule 1, the Act applies on or after the commencement day in relation to an action by Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited that the Minister decided before the commencement day was a controlled action as if the amendments made by Schedule 1 had not been made.

(2)The amendments made by Schedule 1 apply in relation to an action by Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited that, on or after the commencement day, the Minister decides is a controlled action (whether the action was referred to the Minister before, on or after the commencement day).

(3)In this regulation:

commencement day means the day on which this regulation commences.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Paragraph 19.02 (b)

omit

Limited.

insert

Limited;

[2] After paragraph 19.02 (b)

insert

(c)Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited (ABN 75 081 455 754, ACN 081 455 754).

[3] Dictionary, before definition of affected area

insert

Act means the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Note

All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See