AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

NATURE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 20 of 1983

	Section 12(10) of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (the Act) defines “determination” to mean a determination made by a Minister pursuant to a provision of an Ordinance empowering him to determine by notice in writing published in the Gazette fees or charges for the purposes of the Ordinance.

	Section 12(9A) of the Act provides that every determination shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within fifteen sitting days of that House after the day on which the determination is made and if not so laid before each House, shall be void and of no effect.

	Section 12(9B) of the Act provides that sections 12(4) and 12(7) inclusive of the Act, which deal with the disallowance of Ordinances, shall apply to a determination laid before a House of the Parliament as if the reference in these sub-sections to an Ordinance were references to a determination.

	The Machinery Ordinance 1949, Flammable Liquids Ordinance 1976, Lakes Ordinance 1976, Building and Services Ordinance 1924, Pounds Ordinance 1928, Sale of Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1977, Adoption of Children Ordinance 1965 and Nature Conservation Ordinance 1980 (the principal Ordinances) have been amended to empower the Minister to determine fees and charges for the purposes of the principal Ordinances by notice in writing published in the Gazette.

	The amending Regulations set out in Column 1 of the Table will amend the principal Regulations set out in Column 2 of the Table opposite to those amending regulations to repeal those regulations of the principal Regulations which have become redundant as a result of the amendments to the principal Ordinances referred to above.

TABLE	
COLUMN 1
Amending Regulations	COLUMN 2
Principal Regulations	
Boiler and Pressure Vessels Regulations (Amendment)	Boiler and Pressure Vessels Regulations	
Flammable Liquids Regulations (Amendment)	Flammable Liquids Regulations	
Flammable Liquids Regulations (Repeal)		
Lakes Regulations (Amendment)	Lakes Regulations	
Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations (Amendment)	Canberra Sewerage and Water Regulations	
Garbage Regulations (Amendment)	Garbage Regulations	
Pounds Regulations (Amendment)	Pounds Regulations	
Sale of Motor Vehicles Regulations (Amendment)	Sale of Motor Vehicles Regulations	
Adoption of Children Regulations (Amendment)	Adoption of Children Regulations	
Nature Conservation Regulations (Amendment)	Nature Conservation Regulations	

	Details of the amending Regulations are set out at attachments A to I.

ATTACHMENT I

DETAILS OF NATURE CONSERVATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

No. 20 of 1983

Regulation 1 deals with commencement.

Regulation 2 repeals regulations 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the principal Regulations which related to fees for licences to take animals, sell animals, import or export, sell fish, pick plants that are wildlife and remove timber respectively.