Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Repeal Regulations 2000 2000 No. 331
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 2000 No. 331
Issued by the Authority of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aged Care
Subject: Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Act 1978
Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Repeal Regulations 2000
Subsection 15(1) of the Environment Protection (Nuclear Safety) Act 1978 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing, among other things, matters required or permitted by the Act and matters necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The purpose of the Regulations is to repeal the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations made under the Act.
The repeal of the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Regulations is a consequence of the repeal of the Act, the functions of which are now undertaken by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998. Item 5 of Schedule 1 to the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Consequential Amendments) Act 1998, which repeals the whole of the Act, commenced on 5 February 2001.
The Regulations commenced on 4 February 2001.