Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts134. (1) The Environment Minister may, by instrument—
(a) exempt a specified defined decision, or defined decisions of a specified class, from being the subject of an Assessment directed under any Act or subordinate law; or
(b) declare that specified provisions of this Division are not to apply in relation to a specified Assessment, or to Assessments of a specified class.
(2) An instrument of exemption is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 .
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph 6 (1) (b) of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 in its application to the instrument, an instrument of exemption takes effect (subject to the remaining provisions of section 6 of that Act) on the expiration of 5 sitting days after it is laid before the Legislative Assembly, or on such a later date as is specified in the instrument.
(4) Paragraph 6 (1) (c) and subsections 6 (7), (7A) and (7B) of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 apply to an instrument of exemption as if the references in those provisions to 15 sitting days were references to 5 sitting days.
(5) The Environment Minister shall cause an instrument of exemption to be notified in a daily newspaper.
(6) The validity of an instrument of exemption is not affected by a failure to comply with subsection (5).