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Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 - Proclamation (20/11/2003)

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This document is a formal proclamation (an official announcement) by the Governor-General that sets 1 January 2004 as the date when Schedule 1 of the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 comes into force.

In plain terms:

The Parliament passed an Amendment Act containing changes to environmental and heritage laws
Not all of it started immediately
This proclamation officially 'switches on' Schedule 1 of those changes on New Year's Day 2004

Without this proclamation, those specific amendments would remain dormant and not have legal effect.

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Proclamation

Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003, fix 1 January 2004 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 20 November 2003

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

DAVID KEMP

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.