20Variation or revocation of measures

20 Variation or revocation of measures

20 Variation or revocation of measures

(1) The Council may vary or revoke any national environment protection measure.

(2) If the Council intends to vary or revoke a national environment protection measure, the Council must publish a notice specifying the measure that the Council intends varying or revoking.

(3) The notice must—

(a) be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, and

(b) so far as each participating State or Territory is concerned—also be published, on at least 2 days during the month when the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette notice is published, in a newspaper circulating in that State or Territory.

(4) Sections 15, 17, 18 and 19 apply to a variation or revocation of a national environment protection measure as if—

(a) a reference to making a national environment protection measure were a reference to a variation or revocation of a national environment protection measure, as the case may be, and

(b) a reference to a national environment protection measure were a reference to the variation or revocation of such a measure, as the case may be, and

(c) a reference to a proposed national environment protection measure were a reference to a proposed variation or proposed revocation of such a measure, as the case may be, and

(d) the reference in section 17 to the day on which section 16(2)(b) has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions were a reference to the day on which subsection (3)(b) of this section has been fully complied with in all participating jurisdictions.

(5) Subsections (2)–(4) do not apply to a minor variation of a national environment protection measure under Division 2A.

s 20: Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.20 [3].