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Biosecurity Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018

2016-2017-2018

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Biosecurity Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018

 

No.      , 2018

 

(Agriculture and Water Resources)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Biosecurity Act 2015 , and for other purposes

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                 3

Part 1—Amendments commencing day after Royal Assent                      3

Biosecurity Act 2015                                                                                                    3

Part 2—Amendments commencing day to be proclaimed                        10

Biosecurity Act 2015                                                                                                  10

Schedule 2—Repeals                                                                                                           11

Quarantine (Validation of Fees) Act 1985                                                            11

 

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the Biosecurity Act 2015 , and for other purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Biosecurity Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2018 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1, Part 1

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 1, Part 2

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

However, if the provisions do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period.

 

4.  Schedule 2

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation 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.