Environment Protection (Atmospheric Pollution) Amendment (Vehicle Standards Consequential) Regulations 2001


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Environment Protection (Atmospheric Pollution) Amendment (Vehicle Standards Consequential) Regulations 2001

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 .

15 October 2001

G. S. M. Green

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. Llewellyn

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Atmospheric Pollution) Amendment (Vehicle Standards Consequential) Regulations 2001 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Vehicle Standards) Act 2001 commences.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Environment Protection (Atmospheric Pollution) Regulations 1974 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.   Schedule 2 amended

Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting clause 2.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 24 October 2001

These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Environment Protection (Atmospheric Pollution) Regulations 1974 consequent on the reforms effected by the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Vehicle Standards) Act 2001, mainly by rescinding certain vehicle exhaust emission controls that are similar to those contained in the new (nationally consistent) vehicle standards laws.