2022
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Bill 2022
No. , 2022
(Senators Canavan, Antic, Caddell, Colbeck, Fawcett, Nampijinpa Price, O’Sullivan, Rennick and Van)
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
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 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 is the Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Act 2022.
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
1 Section 10
Repeal the section.
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
2 Section 37J
Repeal the section.
3 Section 140A
Repeal the section.
4 Section 146M
Repeal the section.
5 Paragraph 305(2)(d)
Repeal the paragraph.