Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2018 - SECT 30ANC

Scope

  (1)   This section applies to rules made for the purposes of paragraph   30ANA(2)(f).

Disallowance

  (2)   Either House of the Parliament may, following a motion upon notice, pass a resolution disallowing the rules. For the resolution to be effective:

  (a)   the notice must be given in that House within 15 sitting days of that House after the copy of the rules was tabled in that House under section   38 of the Legislation Act 2003 ; and

  (b)   the resolution must be passed, in pursuance of the motion, within 15 sitting days of that House after the giving of that notice.

  (3)   If neither House passes such a resolution, the rules take effect on the day immediately after the last day upon which such a resolution could have been passed if it were assumed that notice of a motion to disallow the rules was given in each House on the last day of the 15 sitting day period of that House mentioned in paragraph   (2)(a).

  (4)   If:

  (a)   notice of a motion to disallow the rules is given in a House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the copy of the rules was tabled in that House under section   38 of the Legislation Act 2003 ; and

  (b)   at the end of 15 sitting days of that House after the giving of that notice of motion:

  (i)   the notice has not been withdrawn and the motion has not been called on; or

  (ii)   the motion has been called on, moved and (where relevant) seconded and has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of;

the rules are then taken to have been disallowed, and subsection   (3) does not apply to the rules.

  (5)   Section   42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the rules.

Note 1:   The 15 sitting day notice period mentioned in paragraph   (2)(a) of this section is the same as the 15 sitting day notice period mentioned in paragraph   42(1)(a) of the Legislation Act 2003 .

Note 2:   The 15 sitting day disallowance period mentioned in paragraph   (2)(b) of this section is the same as the 15 sitting day disallowance period mentioned in paragraph   42(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 .