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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (DECLARED COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITIES) BILL 2012

                                2010-2011-2012




   THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
   AMENDMENT (DECLARED FISHING ACTIVITIES) BILL 2012




      SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM BW261


             Amendment to be Moved on Behalf of the Government




 (Circulated by authority of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water,
         Population and Communities, the Honourable Tony Burke, MP)
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Amendment (Declared Fishing Activities) Bill 2012

OUTLINE
The purpose of the government amendment to the Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Declared Fishing Activities) Bill 2012 Act
1999 (Cth) is to:
·   remove references to `social' and `economic' impacts;

FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT

No financial impact.




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NOTES ON AMENDED CLAUSES

Amendment 1 and 2 - Schedule 1, item 1, page 5 (lines 1 and 2) and Schedule 1,
item 1, page 7 (line 2), omit "social or economic"

1.   These amendments clarify that the Environment Minister can only make an
     interim or final declaration in respect of commercial fishing activity if the
     particular activity has uncertain environmental impacts.

2.   `Social' and `economic' considerations have been removed from the Bill to
     provide greater certainty as to what circumstances the Environment Minister and
     the Fisheries Minister can take into account in determining when an interim and
     final declaration should be made.




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