Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 56A

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   the Minister intends to develop a draft amendment to a bilateral agreement (the principal agreement ); and

  (b)   the Minister is satisfied that the amendment will not have a significant effect on the operation of the principal agreement; and

  (c)   the Minister makes a determination, in writing, to that effect.

  (2)   If the Minister makes a determination under paragraph   (1)(c):

  (a)   the following provisions of this Part   do not apply in relation to the amendment to the principal agreement:

  (i)   subsection   45(3);

  (ii)   paragraphs 45(4)(b) and (c);

  (iii)   section   49A; and

  (b)   the Minister must publish the principal agreement, as amended by the amending agreement, at the same time as publishing the amending agreement under paragraph   45(4)(a).

  (3)   A determination made under paragraph   (1)(c) is not a legislative instrument.