Bills

Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) (Public Money) Amendment Bill

Final Stages

The Legislative Council agreed to the bill with the amendments indicated by the following schedule, to which amendments the Legislative Council desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly:

No. 1. Clause 2, page 2, lines 6 to 8—Delete the clause and substitute:

2—Commencement

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act will come into operation on the day on which it is assented to by the Governor.

(2) Section 4 will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

(3) A proclamation may not be made under subsection (2) unless the Governor is satisfied that the Commission has, in its final report on the matters referred to it by the Governor, recommended the undertaking of—

(a) public consultation in relation to the establishment of a nuclear waste storage facility in this State; or

(b) any activity associated with the construction or operation of a nuclear waste storage facility in this State.

(4) In this section—

Commission means the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission constituted of Rear Admiral The Honourable Kevin John Scarce, AC, CSC, RANR and established on 19 March 2015;

nuclear waste storage facility has the same meaning as in the Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) Act 2000.

No. 2. Clause 4, page 2, lines 14 and 15—Delete the clause and substitute:

4—Amendment of section 13—No public money to be used to encourage or finance construction or operation of nuclear waste storage facility

Section 13—after its present contents (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the appropriation, expenditure or advancement to a person of public money for the purpose of encouraging or financing community consultation or debate on the desirability or otherwise of constructing or operating a nuclear waste storage facility in this State.

No. 3. New Part, page 2, after line 15—Insert 'Part 3—Expiry of Act'

5—Expiry of Act

This Act will expire on the day falling 6 weeks after the day on which this Part commences unless section 4 comes into operation before that day.

Consideration in committee.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I move:

That the Legislative Council's amendments be agreed to.

Dr McFETRIDGE: On behalf of the opposition, we agree with the motion.

Motion carried.