Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010A00023:clause:1_33
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010A00023
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 33
Character Range: 27743–29849

33  Application and transitional provisions
(1) The amendments made by items 6 to 17 apply to permits issued on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
(2) The amendments made by items 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 apply to acts done on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
(3) The amendment made by item 22 applies to acts done wholly on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
(4) To avoid doubt:
 (a) if an action is done in accordance with a permit or recognised foreign authority issued before the commencement of this Schedule, section 19 of the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980 (whether as in force before or after the commencement of this Schedule) does not apply to that action; and
 (b) if a permit issued before the commencement of this Schedule refers to the taking of a native invertebrate or a native plant, that term has a meaning unaffected by the amendment made by item 3 of this Schedule.
(5) The amendment made by item 30 applies to:
 (a) to the extent that the amendment relates to the insertion of section 19AC into the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980—bringing an organism or article into the Antarctic on or after the commencement of this Schedule; and
 (b) to the extent that the amendment relates to the insertion of section 19AD into that Act—bringing an organism or bird product into the Antarctic on or after the commencement of this Schedule; and
 (c) to the extent that the amendment relates to the insertion of section 19AE into that Act—any organism that is brought into, kept or continues to be kept in the Antarctic on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
(6) Despite the amendment made by item 31, regulations in force under section 29 of the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980 immediately before the commencement of this Schedule continue in effect, on and after that commencement, as if they had been made under that section as in force after that commencement.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 10 February 2010
Senate on 11 March 2010]
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