

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Great Barrier Reef) Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Senator Waters)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendment 3
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Great Barrier Reef) Act 2013 .
This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
according to its terms.