Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Amendment Regulations 2008


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Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Amendment Regulations 2008

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 Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Act 1987 .

26 May 2008

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

MICHELLE O'BYRNE

Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Amendment Regulations 2008 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 July 2008.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Regulations 2007 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 4 amended (Prescribed office for the purposes of section 3(2)(b) of Act)

Regulation 4(a) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "Director of Environmental Management" and substituting "Director, Environment Protection Authority".

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

Notified in the Gazette on 4 June 2008

These regulations are administered in the Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Regulations 2007 consequent on the enactment of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Amendment (Environment Protection Authority) Act 2007 by replacing a reference to the office of Director of Environmental Management with a reference to the office of Director, Environment Protection Authority.