Section 467 — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Publication of conservation orders

(1) As soon as practicable after making or reviewing a conservation order, the Minister must cause the Secretary to be informed of the making of the order, or the decision on the review, as the case requires. (2) The Secretary must, as soon as practicable after being so informed: (a) cause to be published in the Gazette, in a daily newspaper circulating in each State or self-governing Territory in which are located Commonwealth areas to which the order relates and in any other way required by the regulations, a notice containing: (i) a copy of the order; and (ii) a statement to the effect that contravention of the order is an offence against this Act; and (iii) if applicable, a statement of the decision on the review; and (iv) a statement to the effect that a person affected by the order may apply to the Minister, within 28 days of the publication (or within such further period as the Minister allows), for a reconsideration of the order by the Minister; and (b) take all reasonable steps to ensure that each person who the Secretary knows would be affected by the order is given a notice containing: (i) a copy of the order; and (ii) if applicable, a statement of the decision on the review; and (iii) unless the person is a Commonwealth agency or an agency of a State or self-governing Territory—a statement to the effect that contravention of the order is an offence against this Act; and (iv) a statement to the effect that the person may apply to the Minister, within 28 days of being given the notice (or within such further period as the Minister allows), for a reconsideration of the order by the Minister. (3) Failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of the order.