1.
Amendments to the Environment Reform (Consequential
Provisions) Bill 1998 (Consequential Provisions Bill) effected by clause 58
will amend the Corporate Law Economic Reform Act 1999 and the Public
Service Act 1999. This amendment provides that those provisions will not
commence until the Corporate Law Economic Reform Act 1999 or Public
Service Act 1999 commence, whichever is relevant.
3.
This amendment takes account of altered clause references
as a result of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Bill (EPBC Bill).
4.
This amendment provides that a management plan for a Park
was given to the Minister under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
Act 1975 immediately before the commencement of the new Act, it is
considered to have been given to the Minister under the new Act on the day that
the new Act commences.
5.
This amendment takes account of the amendment to the EPBC
Bill which allows Board members nominated by traditional owners to withhold
consent to the appointment to the Board of a person nominated by the Northern
Territory (see notes on clause 445). Deadlines for the Minister to appoint a
person nominated by the Northern Territory to a Board are adjusted accordingly.
6.
This amendment deletes a clause from the Environment Reform
(Consequential Provisions) Bill 1998 (Consequential Provisions Bill). The
deleted clause is redundant because the statutory office of the Director will
be retained, and the assets will remain with the Director.
7.
This amendment continues the operation of conservation
zones proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act
1975 as if they had been proclaimed as conservation zones under the
proposed new Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
10.
These amendments take account of the fact that the
statutory office of the Director will not be abolished. Clauses of the
Consequential Provisions Bill which remove reference to the Director are
therefore either deleted, or amended so that they insert new definitions based
on the EPBC Bill into the relevant Acts.
Clauses 21, 36, and 52.
11. These amendments take account of the fact that,
as a result of amendments, it will be possible to proclaim conservation zones
under the EPBC Bill, using similar provisions to those under the National
Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975. It is therefore unnecessary to
remove reference to conservation zones in relevant Acts, although in some
references to the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 must
be replaced with references to the proposed new Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation Act.
14.
These amendments to the Consequential Provisions Bill will
have the effect of amending the EPBC Bill on commencement of the Corporate
Law Economic Reform Act 1999 and the Public Service Act 1999.