Weapons of Mass Destruction Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1)¹

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act 1995.

Dated 8 March 2001

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

Bruce Scott

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Weapons of Mass Destruction Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3              Amendment of Weapons of Mass Destruction Regulations

                Schedule 1 amends the Weapons of Mass Destruction Regulations.

Schedule 1        Amendments

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[1]         Regulation 1

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1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Weapons of Mass Destruction Regulations 1995.

[2]         Paragraphs 12 (a) and (b)

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                (a)    an SES employee in the Department; or

               (b)    an APS employee in the Department with the classification of Executive Level 2, or an equivalent classification.

Notes

1.       These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1995 No. 373, as amended by 1996 No. 176.

2.       Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 16 March 2001.