2013‑2014‑2015
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015
No. , 2015
(Environment)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Act 2015.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this Act | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
1 Section 487
Repeal the section.
2 Application of amendment
The repeal of section 487 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 by this Schedule applies in relation to any application made under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 after this item commences (whether the decision, failure to make a decision or conduct to which the application relates occurs before or after this item commences).