6Revocation of certain earlier declarations

6 Revocation of certain earlier declarations

 (1) The declarations made by the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Proclamation 2002 and the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Proclamation 2004 (No. 1) are revoked.

Note   The Proclamations were published in the Gazette as follows:

 the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Proclamation 2002 — on 8 January 2003;

 the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Amendment Proclamation 2004 (No. 1) — on 23 December 2004.

 (2) The declarations (other than the declaration, as an Antarctic specially protected area, of the area described, in the Proclamation made under the Act on 4 December 1980, as Antarctic specially protected area No. 4) taken, under subsection 8 (5) of the Act, to have been made by a Proclamation or Proclamations made on 24 November 2002 are revoked.

Note 1   Section 11 of the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Legislation Amendment Act 1992, which substituted a new section 8 into the Act, commenced on 24 November 2002.

Note 2   That Proclamation was published in the Gazette on 20 January 1981 (note that the text of the Proclamation published in the Gazette incorrectly shows the date of the making of the Proclamation as 4 December 1981).