Bill
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-06-19. Agriculture, Water and the Environment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-05-14
- second reading — 2020-05-14
- second reading — 2020-06-15
- second reading — 2020-06-15
- third reading — 2020-06-15
- introduced — 2020-06-16
- second reading — 2020-06-16
- second reading — 2020-06-18
- second reading — 2020-06-18
- third reading — 2020-06-18
- passed — 2020-06-18
- royal assent — 2020-06-19
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-05-14.
The bill would waive environmental management charges owed by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park permission holders for the first three months of 2020.
Permission holders would no longer need to pay fixed charges for that quarter, and the government would give them grants to offset visitor-collected charges they would otherwise have to remit.
The waiver covers the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2020, and the bill is intended to provide financial relief to the tourism industry affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Waives the requirement for permission holders to remit fixed charges for the 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2020 quarter.
- Provides grants to permission holders equal to amounts they collected from visitors for that quarter, effectively waiving the obligation to remit those collected amounts.
- Amends the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 to give effect to the waiver.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park permission holders, including tourism operators, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Sources
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