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Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993

Statutory Rules 1993 No. 115 as amended

made under the

Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980

This compilation was prepared on 30 January 2003
taking into account amendments up to SR 2002 No. 8

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

Part 1 Preliminary

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
 2 Commencement
 3 Interpretation

Part 2 Application of procedures for dealing with environmental evaluations

 4 Compliance with Parts 3 and 4
 5 Notification of emergency contravention of procedures

Part 3 Initial environmental evaluations

 6 Contents of an initial environmental evaluation
 7 Notice of completion of an initial environmental evaluation

Part 4 Comprehensive environmental evaluations

Division 1 Draft comprehensive environmental evaluations

 8 Contents of a draft comprehensive environmental evaluation
 9 Overseas distribution of an Australian draft comprehensive environmental evaluation
 10 Notification of availability in Australia of a draft comprehensive environmental evaluation
 11 Forwarding comments on an Australian draft comprehensive environmental evaluation

Division 2 Final comprehensive environmental evaluations;

 12 Contents of a final comprehensive environmental evaluation
 13 Notice of availability of an Australian final comprehensive environmental evaluation
 14 Notice of availability of a foreign final comprehensive environmental evaluation

Division 3 Prescribed condition on authorisation

 15 Starting an authorised activity

Part 5 Notice of variation of authorisation

 16 How must a notice varying an authorisation be given?

Notes

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 11 June 1993.

3 Interpretation

  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980.
authorised person means a person authorised by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette for the purpose of the provision in which the expression occurs.
Committee means the Committee for Environmental Protection established under Article 11 of the Madrid Protocol;
dispatch day means the day, or the first day, on which the Minister sends, under regulation 9, a copy of a draft comprehensive environmental evaluation to a signatory to the Madrid Protocol or the Committee.
evaluated activity means an activity that is the subject of an initial environmental evaluation, or a draft or final comprehensive environmental evaluation.
proponent, in relation to an activity, means the person proposing to carry on the activity.

Note   Under section 3 of the Act, unless the contrary intention appears, terms used in both these Regulations and the Madrid Protocol have the same meaning in these Regulations as in the Protocol.

Part 2 Application of procedures for dealing with environmental evaluations

4 Compliance with Parts 3 and 4

 (1) Subject to subregulation (3), a person