Section 15 describes the Parliamentary procedures under which regulations made using this power will be made.
	Subject to subsection (3), Section 15 subsection (1) applies the draft affirmative procedure to any regulations made under Section 14 that: (a) amend an Act of Parliament; (b) create a civil sanction or vary the maximum amount of any monetary penalty; or (c) create a criminal offence. Subsection (3) (together with subsection (2)) instead applies the made affirmative procedure to regulations containing provision in subsection (1) that relates to a decision of the Conference of Parties under Article 24(1) of the BBNJ Agreement where the regulations need to be made urgently.
	Section 15 subsection (4) applies the negative procedure to all other regulations made under Section 11.
Part 3 – Area-Based Management Tools (ABMT) Section 15: Procedure for regulations under section 14