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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (MONITORING OF WHALING) BILL 2012
2010-2011-2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Amendment (Monitoring
of Whaling) Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Senator Bob Brown)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to
require the monitoring of whaling activities by
foreign whaling vessels
i Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Monitoring of Whaling)
Bill 2012 No. , 2012
Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendment of Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Monitoring of Whaling)
Bill 2012 No. , 2012 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment
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Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to
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require the monitoring of whaling activities by
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foreign whaling vessels
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Environment Protection and
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Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Monitoring of Whaling)
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Act 2012.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Schedule 1 Amendment of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Monitoring of Whaling)
Bill 2012 No. , 2012
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Environment
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Protection and Biodiversity
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Conservation Act 1999
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1 After section 236
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Insert:
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236A Monitoring foreign whaling vessels
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(1)
A Commonwealth vessel must monitor the activities of foreign
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whaling vessels in and around the Australian Whale Sanctuary.
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(2)
The Minister must cause to be made public a report on the activities
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of the foreign whaling vessels being monitored in the Australian
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Whale Sanctuary pursuant to subsection (1) within 30 days from
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the start of the monitoring and within 30 days of its completion.
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(3) In this section:
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Commonwealth vessel means a vessel that is owned, possessed or
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controlled by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth agency,
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excluding vessels under the command or control of an arm of the
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Defence Force.
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foreign whaling vessel has the same meaning as in subsection
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236(5).
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