Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
1 After subsection 10(6)
Insert:
(6A) At least one member must be an Indigenous person with knowledge of, or experience concerning, indigenous issues relating to the Marine Park.
(6B) At least one member must have knowledge of or experience in the tourism industry associated with the Marine Park.
2 At the end of subsection 17(1)
Add:
Note: See also section 33B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
3 Subsection 17(8)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(8) If only 2 members are present at a meeting of the Authority and they differ on a question arising at the meeting, a decision on the question must be deferred:
(a) until a meeting at which at least 3 members are present; or
(b) for decision under section 18.
4 At the end of Part III
Add:
(1) The Authority is taken to have made a decision at a meeting if:
(a) without meeting, a majority of the members entitled to vote on the proposed decision indicate agreement with the decision; and
(b) that agreement is indicated in accordance with the method determined by the Authority under subsection (2); and
(c) all the members were informed of the proposed decision, or reasonable efforts were made to inform all the members of the proposed decision.
(2) Subsection (1) applies only if the Authority:
(a) has determined that it may make decisions of that kind without a meeting; and
(b) has determined the method by which members are to indicate agreement with proposed decisions.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a member is not entitled to vote on a proposed decision if the member would not have been entitled to vote on that decision if the matter had been considered at a meeting of the Authority.
(4) The Authority must keep a record of decisions made in accordance with this section.