##### 35AG  Duration of Ministerial authorisation ###### Scope - \(1\) This section applies if a Ministerial authorisation is given in relation to: - \(a\) an incident; and - \(b\) an asset\. ###### Duration of Ministerial authorisation - \(2\) Subject to this section, the Ministerial authorisation remains in force for the period specified in the Ministerial authorisation \(which must not exceed 20 days\)\. ###### Fresh Ministerial authorisation - \(3\) If a Ministerial authorisation \(the original Ministerial authorisation\) is in force, this Act does not prevent the Minister from giving a fresh Ministerial authorisation that: - \(a\) is in the same, or substantially the same, terms as the original Ministerial authorisation; and - \(b\) comes into force immediately after the expiry of the original Ministerial authorisation\. - \(4\) In deciding whether to give such a fresh Ministerial authorisation, the Minister must have regard to the number of occasions on which Ministerial authorisations have been made in relation to the incident and the asset\. - \(5\) Subsection \(4\) does not limit the matters to which the Minister may have regard to in deciding whether to give a fresh Ministerial authorisation\. --- ## Source and attribution Saved copy: C2018A00029 / C2026C00213 / f578e546a17068939a3a5a928474713f844dfae8 Scope: navPoint\_178 Compiled 2026\-06\-04\. This does not establish legal commencement\. Official source: https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au/C2018A00029/2026\-06\-04/2026\-06\-04/text/1/epub/OEBPS/document\_1/document\_1\.html Licence: https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by/4\.0/ Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 1 October 2026\. For the latest information on Australian Government legislation please go to https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au\. Converted XHTML into Tiptap JSON; recovered lists from paragraph classes; kept literal labels and text\. Print layout is changed\. The Commonwealth Coat of Arms is not covered by the CC BY licence\.