Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (IMPACT OF PROPOSALS) ACT 1974 No. 164 of 1974 - SECT 7

7. (1) Where an order is made by the Governor-General under section 6-

   (a)  notice shall be published in the Gazette of the order having been
        made, and of the place where copies of the order can be purchased;

   (b)  the order shall, subject to this section, take effect from the date of
        publication of the notice or, where another date is specified in the
        order, from the date specified; and

   (c)  the order shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15
        sitting days of that House after the making of the order.

(2) If an order is not laid before each House of the Parliament in accordance
with sub-section (1), it shall be void and of no effect.

(3) If either House of the Parliament, in pursuance of a motion of which
notice has been given within 15 sitting days after an order has been laid
before that House, passes a resolution disallowing the order or part of the
order, the order or that part of the order, shall thereupon cease to have
effect.

(4) If, at the expiration of 15 sitting days after notice of a motion to
disallow an order or part of an order has been given in a House of the
Parliament, being notice given within 15 sitting days after the order has been
laid before that House-

   (a)  the notice has not been withdrawn and the motion has not been called
        on; or

   (b)  the motion has been called on, moved and seconded and has not been
        withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, the order, or part of the order,
        specified in the motion shall thereupon be deemed to have been
        disallowed.

(5) If, before the expiration of 15 sitting days after notice of a motion to
disallow an order or part of an order has been given in a House of the
Parliament-

   (a)  that House is dissolved or, being the House of Representatives,
        expires, or the Parliament is prorogued; and

   (b)  at the time of the dissolution, expiry or prorogation, as the case may
        be-

        (i)    the notice has not been withdrawn and the motion has not been
               called on; or

        (ii)   the motion has been called on, moved and seconded and has not
               been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of, the order or part of
               an order shall, for the purposes of sub-sections (3) and (4),
               be deemed to have been laid before that House on the first
               sitting day of that House after the dissolution, expiry or
               prorogation, as the case may be.