Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In issuing National Water Information Standards, the Director of Meteorology may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in a standard:
(a) as in force or existing at a particular time; or
(b) as in force or existing from time to time;
that relates to water information and that any other person or body has made or issued.
(2) Subsection (1) has effect despite anything in subsection 14(2) of the Legislation Act 2003 .
(3) If the Director of Meteorology makes provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating a matter contained in a standard that another person or body has made or issued, the Director of Meteorology must ensure that:
(a) the text of the matter applied, adopted or incorporated is made publicly available on the Bureau's website, unless that text is set out in the relevant National Water Information Standard; and
(b) if the text of the matter is applied, adopted or incorporated as in force or existing from time to time--any subsequent amendments of that text are made publicly available on that website.