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Act	Number and year	Assent	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999	91, 1999	16 July 1999	16 July 2000 (s 2(2))
Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999	92, 1999	16 July 1999	Sch 8 and 9 (item 1): 16 July 2000 (s 2(1))	Sch 9 (item 1)
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Sch 1 (items 422, 423): 16 July 2000 (s 2(3))	—
Corporations (Repeals, Consequentials and Transitionals) Act 2001	55, 2001	28 June 2001	s 4–14 and Sch 3 (item 172): 15 July 2001 (s 2(3))	s 4–14
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Wildlife Protection) Act 2001	82, 2001	11 July 2001	Sch 1(items 1–82): 11 Jan 2002 (s 2(3)) Sch 1 (items 83–86): 11 July 2001 (s 2(1)(b))	Sch 1 (items 70–82)
Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002	30, 2002	5 Apr 2002	Sch 1: 3 May 2002 (s 2(1) item 3)	—
Statute Law Revision Act 2002	63, 2002	3 July 2002	Sch 1 (items 15, 16, 18): 16 July 2000 (s 2(1) items 10, 11, 13) Sch 1 (item 17): 11 Jan 2002 (s 2(1) item 12)	—
Crimes Legislation Enhancement Act 2003	41, 2003	3 June 2003	Sch 3 (items 31, 32): 16 July 2000 (s 2(1) item 21) Sch 3 (item 42): 3 June 2003 (s 2(1) item 1)	Sch 3 (item 42)
Australian Heritage Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2003	86, 2003	23 Sept 2003	Sch 1 (item 2): 1 Jan 2004 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003	88, 2003	23 Sept 2003	Sch 1 and 3: 1 Jan 2004 (s 2(1) items 2, 4 and gaz 2003, No. GN47) Sch 2: awaiting commencement (s 2(1) item 3) Remainder: 23 Sept 2003 (s 2(1) items 1, 5)

Act (Register ID)	Number and year	Assent	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Act 2014 (C2014A00075)	75, 2014	30 June 2014	sch 1: 1 July 2014 (s 2(1) item 2)	sch 1 (item 20)
Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015 (C2015A00010)	10, 2015	5 Mar 2015	sch 3 (items 81-136, 348, 349): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)	sch 3 (items 348, 349)
Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (C2015A00011)	11, 2015	5 Mar 2015	sch 2 (items 1‑42): 6 Mar 2015 (s 2)	—
Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Act 2015 (C2015A00041)	41, 2015	20 May 2015	sch 5 (item 63), sch 9: 1 July 2015 (s 2(1) items 2, 7)	sch 9
as amended by
Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2017 (C2017A00115)	115, 2017	30 Oct 2017	sch 1 (item 26): 1 July 2015 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (C2015A00059)	59, 2015	26 May 2015	sch 1 (items 102‑105) sch 2 (items 356‑396): 18 June 2015 (s 2(1) items 2, 6) sch 1 (items 184‑203): 27 May 2015 (s 2(1) item 3) sch 2 (items 131‑137): 1 July 2016 (s 2(1) item 5)	sch 1 (items 184‑203), sch 2 (items 356‑396)
as amended by
Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (C2016A00033)	33, 2016	23 Mar 2016	sch 2: 24 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015 (C2015A00062)	62, 2015	16 June 2015	sch 3: 16 June 2015 (s 2(1) item 3) sch 2 (items 11‑21), sch 4: 16 June 2016 (s 2(1) items 2, 4)	sch 3, sch 4
as amended by
Statute Update (Winter 2017) Act 2017 (C2017A00093)	93, 2017	23 Aug 2017	sch 2 (item 9): 20 Sept 2017 (s 2(1) item 4)	—
Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2015 (C2015A00126)	126, 2015	10 Sept 2015	sch 1 (items 180‑199): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 1) 2016 (C2016A00004)	4, 2016	11 Feb 2016	sch 4 (items 1, 147‑159, 373‑383): 10 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 6)	—
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory Local Court) Act 2016 (C2016A00026)	26, 2016	23 Mar 2016	sch 1 (items 16, 34, 35): 1 May 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)	sch 1 (items 34, 35)
Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2015) Act 2016 (C2016A00047)	47, 2016	5 May 2016	sch 2 (items 5‑13): 6 May 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment (Authority Governance and Other Matters) Act 2018 (C2018A00012)	12, 2018	5 Mar 2018	sch 1 (items 39‑49): 29 Oct 2018 (s 2(1) item 2)	sch 1 (items 45‑49)
Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act 2019 (C2019A00057)	57, 2019	7 Aug 2019	sch 1 (items 61‑67): 30 Aug 2019 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Export Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2020 (C2020A00013)	13, 2020	6 Mar 2020	sch 2 (items 10, 11), sch 3 (items 1‑91): 3 am (A.C.T.) 28 Mar 2021 (s 2(1) item 2)	sch 2 (item 11), sch 3 (items 1‑91)
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Jabiru) Act 2020 (C2020A00087)	87, 2020	17 Sept 2020	sch 1 (item 13): 18 Sept 2020 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
National Emergency Declaration (Consequential Amendments) Act 2020 (C2020A00129)	129, 2020	15 Dec 2020	sch 1 (items 21, 22): 16 Dec 2020 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Act 2021 (C2021A00073)	73, 2021	30 June 2021	sch 5 (item 30): 30 Dec 2021 (s 2(1) item 5)	—
Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Consequential Amendments) Act 2021 (C2021A00121)	121, 2021	2 Dec 2021	sch 1 (item 23): 2 June 2022 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Defence Legislation Amendment (Naval Nuclear Propulsion) Act 2023 (C2023A00048)	48, 2023	3 July 2023	sch 1 (items 3‑9): 4 July 2023 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Act 2023 (C2023A00057)	57, 2023	21 Aug 2023	sch 1 (items 40, 41): 22 Aug 2023 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Nature Repair (Consequential Amendments) Act 2023 (C2023A00122)	122, 2023	14 Dec 2023	sch 2 (items 1‑30): 15 Dec 2023 (s 2(1) item 3)	sch 2 (items 24‑30)
Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 2) Act 2024 (C2024A00039)	39, 2024	31 May 2024	sch 3 (items 9‑14): 14 Oct 2024 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Reconsiderations) Act 2025 (C2025A00018)	18, 2025	27 Mar 2025	28 Mar 2025 (s 2(1) item 1)	sch 1 (item 3)
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Board of Management Functions) Act 2025 (C2025A00051)	51, 2025	30 Oct 2025	31 Oct 2025 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Environment Protection Reform Act 2025 (C2025A00068)	68, 2025	1 Dec 2025	sch 1 (items 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 32, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, 64, 66, 68, 71, 74, 156, 157, 164, 178, 187, 240, 245, 256‑282, 287 (adding sub div D of div 1 of pt 10), 288‑290, 292, 293, 295‑298, 315, 317, 432‑445, 447, 448, 554‑566, 569, 570, 574 (inserting s 515(1A)), 575, 576, 583, 584, 591 (inserting def of advisory body and approval), 597‑603, 604 (inserting def of Commonwealth entity), 613, 614 (inserting def of Indigenous Advisory Committee, national environmental standard and national interest exemption), 616 (inserting def of Part 13 exemption, protected information, relevant information and responsible person), 618 (inserting def of State or Territory government body, statement of expectations and statement of intent), 618A): 20 Feb 2026 (s 2(1) item 2)	sch 1 (items 675‑708, 710‑715), sch 2 (items 600‑609), sch 3 (items 4‑7)
Environment Protection Reform Act 2025 (C2025A00068) (cont.)			sch 1 (items 2A, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27‑31, 33‑39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67‑70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78‑115G, 116, 117‑155, 158‑163, 165‑177, 179‑186, 188‑239, 241‑244, 246‑255, 283‑286, 291, 294, 299‑302, 304‑314, 316, 318‑431, 446, 449‑553, 567, 568, 572, 573, 577‑582, 585‑590, 592‑596, 605‑612, 615, 617): awaiting commencement (s 2(1) item 2) sch 1 (items 116A, 571, 675‑708, 710‑715), sch 1A: 2 Dec 2025 (s 2(1) items 3, 4, 4A) sch 2 (items 1‑187, 600‑609), sch 3: 1 July 2026 (s 2(1) items 5, 7, 8)
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (New South Wales Local Court) Act 2026 (C2026A00004)	4, 2026	5 Mar 2026	sch 1 (item 10): 28 Mar 2026 (s 2(1) item 1)	—

Act (Register ID)

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Application, saving and transitional provisions

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Act 2014 (C2014A00075)

75, 2014

30 June 2014

sch 1: 1 July 2014 (s 2(1) item 2)

sch 1 (item 20)

Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015 (C2015A00010)

10, 2015

5 Mar 2015

sch 3 (items 81-136, 348, 349): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)

sch 3 (items 348, 349)

Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (C2015A00011)

11, 2015

5 Mar 2015

sch 2 (items 1‑42): 6 Mar 2015 (s 2)

—

Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Act 2015 (C2015A00041)

41, 2015

20 May 2015

sch 5 (item 63), sch 9: 1 July 2015 (s 2(1) items 2, 7)

sch 9

as amended by

Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2017 (C2017A00115)

115, 2017

30 Oct 2017

sch 1 (item 26): 1 July 2015 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (C2015A00059)

59, 2015

26 May 2015

sch 1 (items 102‑105) sch 2 (items 356‑396): 18 June 2015 (s 2(1) items 2, 6) sch 1 (items 184‑203): 27 May 2015 (s 2(1) item 3) sch 2 (items 131‑137): 1 July 2016 (s 2(1) item 5)

sch 1 (items 184‑203), sch 2 (items 356‑396)

as amended by

Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (C2016A00033)

33, 2016

23 Mar 2016

sch 2: 24 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015 (C2015A00062)

62, 2015

16 June 2015

sch 3: 16 June 2015 (s 2(1) item 3) sch 2 (items 11‑21), sch 4: 16 June 2016 (s 2(1) items 2, 4)

sch 3, sch 4

as amended by

Statute Update (Winter 2017) Act 2017 (C2017A00093)

93, 2017

23 Aug 2017

sch 2 (item 9): 20 Sept 2017 (s 2(1) item 4)

—

Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2015 (C2015A00126)

126, 2015

10 Sept 2015

sch 1 (items 180‑199): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Statute Law Revision Act (No. 1) 2016 (C2016A00004)

4, 2016

11 Feb 2016

sch 4 (items 1, 147‑159, 373‑383): 10 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 6)

—

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory Local Court) Act 2016 (C2016A00026)

26, 2016

23 Mar 2016

sch 1 (items 16, 34, 35): 1 May 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)

sch 1 (items 34, 35)

Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2015) Act 2016 (C2016A00047)

47, 2016

5 May 2016

sch 2 (items 5‑13): 6 May 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment (Authority Governance and Other Matters) Act 2018 (C2018A00012)

12, 2018

5 Mar 2018

sch 1 (items 39‑49): 29 Oct 2018 (s 2(1) item 2)

sch 1 (items 45‑49)

Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act 2019 (C2019A00057)

57, 2019

7 Aug 2019

sch 1 (items 61‑67): 30 Aug 2019 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Export Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2020 (C2020A00013)

13, 2020

6 Mar 2020

sch 2 (items 10, 11), sch 3 (items 1‑91): 3 am (A.C.T.) 28 Mar 2021 (s 2(1) item 2)

sch 2 (item 11), sch 3 (items 1‑91)

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Jabiru) Act 2020 (C2020A00087)

87, 2020

17 Sept 2020

sch 1 (item 13): 18 Sept 2020 (s 2(1) item 1)

—

National Emergency Declaration (Consequential Amendments) Act 2020 (C2020A00129)

129, 2020

15 Dec 2020

sch 1 (items 21, 22): 16 Dec 2020 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Act 2021 (C2021A00073)

73, 2021

30 June 2021

sch 5 (item 30): 30 Dec 2021 (s 2(1) item 5)

—

Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Consequential Amendments) Act 2021 (C2021A00121)

121, 2021

2 Dec 2021

sch 1 (item 23): 2 June 2022 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Defence Legislation Amendment (Naval Nuclear Propulsion) Act 2023 (C2023A00048)

48, 2023

3 July 2023

sch 1 (items 3‑9): 4 July 2023 (s 2(1) item 1)

—

Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Act 2023 (C2023A00057)

57, 2023

21 Aug 2023

sch 1 (items 40, 41): 22 Aug 2023 (s 2(1) item 1)

—

Nature Repair (Consequential Amendments) Act 2023 (C2023A00122)

122, 2023

14 Dec 2023

sch 2 (items 1‑30): 15 Dec 2023 (s 2(1) item 3)

sch 2 (items 24‑30)

Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 2) Act 2024 (C2024A00039)

39, 2024

31 May 2024

sch 3 (items 9‑14): 14 Oct 2024 (s 2(1) item 2)

—

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Reconsiderations) Act 2025 (C2025A00018)

18, 2025

27 Mar 2025

28 Mar 2025 (s 2(1) item 1)

sch 1 (item 3)

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Board of Management Functions) Act 2025 (C2025A00051)

51, 2025

30 Oct 2025

31 Oct 2025 (s 2(1) item 1)

—

Environment Protection Reform Act 2025 (C2025A00068)

68, 2025

1 Dec 2025

sch 1 (items 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 32, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, 64, 66, 68, 71, 74, 156, 157, 164, 178, 187, 240, 245, 256‑282, 287 (adding sub div D of div 1 of pt 10), 288‑290, 292, 293, 295‑298, 315, 317, 432‑445, 447, 448, 554‑566, 569, 570, 574 (inserting s 515(1A)), 575, 576, 583, 584, 591 (inserting def of advisory body and approval), 597‑603, 604 (inserting def of Commonwealth entity), 613, 614 (inserting def of Indigenous Advisory Committee, national environmental standard and national interest exemption), 616 (inserting def of Part 13 exemption, protected information, relevant information and responsible person), 618 (inserting def of State or Territory government body, statement of expectations and statement of intent), 618A): 20 Feb 2026 (s 2(1) item 2)

sch 1 (items 675‑708, 710‑715), sch 2 (items 600‑609), sch 3 (items 4‑7)

Environment Protection Reform Act 2025 (C2025A00068) (cont.)

sch 1 (items 2A, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27‑31, 33‑39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67‑70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78‑115G, 116, 117‑155, 158‑163, 165‑177, 179‑186, 188‑239, 241‑244, 246‑255, 283‑286, 291, 294, 299‑302, 304‑314, 316, 318‑431, 446, 449‑553, 567, 568, 572, 573, 577‑582, 585‑590, 592‑596, 605‑612, 615, 617): awaiting commencement (s 2(1) item 2) sch 1 (items 116A, 571, 675‑708, 710‑715), sch 1A: 2 Dec 2025 (s 2(1) items 3, 4, 4A) sch 2 (items 1‑187, 600‑609), sch 3: 1 July 2026 (s 2(1) items 5, 7, 8)

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (New South Wales Local Court) Act 2026 (C2026A00004)

4, 2026

5 Mar 2026

sch 1 (item 10): 28 Mar 2026 (s 2(1) item 1)

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