Biological Control Amendment Commencement Proclamation 2016

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the Biological Control Amendment Act 2016, fix 1 January 2017 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.

Signed and Sealed with the

Great Seal of Australia on

 08 December 2016

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Barnaby Joyce

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources