Bill
Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013
lapsed, as at 2016-04-17.
- Sponsor
- Don Farrell
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2013-12-12
- second reading — 2013-12-12
- second reading — 2014-02-13
- second reading — 2014-03-20
- other — 2016-04-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2013-12-12.
The bill would open the Woomera Prohibited Area for mining and other non-defence uses while keeping it a primary defence asset.
It would set up a permit system run by the Woomera Prohibited Area Coordination Office and an independent Advisory Board to manage access across three zones (red, amber, green).
The South Australian Government says about $35 billion worth of development, including iron ore and gold projects, could be possible over the next decade.
- Creates a permit system for non-defence users to access the Woomera Prohibited Area.
- Introduces offences and penalties for entering without permission or breaching permit conditions.
- Authorises the Minister for Defence to make rules defining the area and its zones.
- Provides for compensation for property acquisition under the new Part VIB of the Defence Act 1903.
- Allows rules to limit compensation for loss or damage from testing war materiel.
- Declares the Woomera Prohibited Area as defence premises under the Defence Act 1903.
Non-defence users including mining companies, pastoralists, Indigenous groups and other existing users of the Woomera Prohibited Area.
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