2016‑2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Nuclear Fuel Cycle (Facilitation) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Senator Bernardi)
A Bill for an Act to remove prohibitions in Commonwealth laws on the construction and operation of certain nuclear installations, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 3
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 3
A Bill for an Act to remove prohibitions in Commonwealth laws on the construction and operation of certain nuclear installations, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (Facilitation) Act 2017.
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. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 2. Schedule 1 | 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
1 Section 10
Repeal the section.
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
2 Section 140A
Repeal the section.