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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COUNCIL (NO. 95 OF 1994) - SECT 19

Variation or revocation of measures

19. (1) The Council may vary or revoke any national environment protection measure.

(2) If the Council intends to vary or revoke a national environment protection measure the Council shall publish a notice specifying the measure that the Council intends varying or revoking.

(3) The notice shall—

        (a)     be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette ; and

        (b)     so far as each participating State or Territory is concerned—also be published, on at least 2 days during the month when the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette notice is published, in a newspaper circulating in that State or Territory.

(4) Sections 14, 16, 17 and 18 apply to a variation or revocation of a national environment protection measure as if—

        (a)     a reference to making a national environment protection measure were a reference to a variation or revocation of a national environment protection measure, as the case may be;

        (b)     a reference to a national environment protection measure were a reference to the variation or revocation of such a measure, as the case may be;

        (c)     a reference to a proposed national environment protection measure were a reference to a proposed variation or proposed revocation of such a measure, as the case may be; and

        (d)     the reference in section 16 to the day on which paragraph 15 (2) (b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions were a reference to the day on which paragraph (3) (b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.



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