Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00849:clause:1_80
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00849
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 80
Character Range: 174588–175982

80  Transitional—section 396 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

(1) This item applies if an appointment or determination was in force under subsection 58(1) or (2) of the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 immediately before the commencement of this item.

(2) The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 has effect, after the commencement of this item, as if:
 (a) the appointment or determination had been made under the corresponding provision of section 396 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; and
 (b) the appointment or determination was revoked at the end of the 6‑month period beginning at the commencement of this item; and
 (c) in the case of a determination—each reference in the determination to particular powers conferred on an inspector by the Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 were a reference to powers conferred on an inspector by the corresponding provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

(3) This item does not prevent the Minister, at the end of that 6‑month period, from making a fresh appointment or determination under section 396 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in terms corresponding to the first‑mentioned appointment or determination.