EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Defence
Defence Act 1903
Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014
Determination of an Exclusion Period for the Green Zone
Purpose
Subsection 8(1) of the Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014 provides that the Minister for Defence may, by legislative instrument, determine the exclusion periods for Green Zone in the Woomera Prohibited Area for a financial year.
The Minister has delegated the power to determine exclusion periods for a financial year.
Determination of Exclusion periods for the Financial Year 2014 -2015
Details of the Determination are set out in Attachment 1.
The Determination is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
Consultation
Consultation was not required in relation to this instrument on the basis that the determination of exclusion periods is an administrative process undertaken for each financial year.
Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after registration.
Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights -Prepared in accordance with Part 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.
A statement of compatibility with Human Rights is set out at Attachment 2.
Attachment 1
Details of the Determination of an Exclusion Period for the Green Zone
- Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014
Determination of an Exclusion Period for the Green Zone
This Determination sets out the Exclusion Periods that apply to the Woomera Prohibited Area for Green Zone for November 2014 in accordance with subsection 8(1) of the Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014.
In addition, this Determination sets out the dates in which holders of a permit issued under the Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014 are excluded from entering the Green Zone.
The Woomera Prohibited Area is the area prescribed in section 5 of the Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014.
Attachment 2
Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights
Prepared in accordance with Part 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011
Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014
Determination of an Exclusion Period for the Green Zone
This Determination under the Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014 is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in the international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.
Overview of the Determination
This Determination made under subsection 8(1) of the Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014 exercises the power of the Minister for Defence by his delegate to determine the exclusion periods for Green Zone in the Woomera Prohibited Area.
The Determination sets out the dates in which holders of a permit issued under the Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014 are excluded from entering the Green Zone.
Section 10 of the Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014 provides that a permit does not provide permission for a person to be at a place in a zone during an exclusion period for the zone.
Human rights implications
This Determination does not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms.
Conclusion
This Determination is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any human rights issues.
Mr Angus Kirkwood, Acting First Assistant Secretary Strategic Policy