Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2017

Type: Government
Portfolio: Health
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 45

Summary

Introduced with the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017, the bill amends the Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Act 1989 to: enable regulations to be made prescribing an annual charge for a conformity assessment body determination payable by the Australian corporation that is the subject of the determination; provide that the obligation for a conformity assessment body to pay an annual charge continues during a period in which the conformity assessment body determination is suspended; and ensure that the annual charges prescribed for provisionally registered goods also apply to provisionally registered goods entered in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	14 Sep 2017
Second reading moved	14 Sep 2017
Second reading debate	25 Oct 2017
Referred to Federation Chamber	25 Oct 2017
Second reading debate	04 Dec 2017
Second reading agreed to	04 Dec 2017
Reported from Federation Chamber	04 Dec 2017
Third reading agreed to	04 Dec 2017

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	04 Dec 2017
Second reading moved	04 Dec 2017
Second reading debate	05 Feb 2018
Second reading debate	15 Feb 2018
Second reading agreed to	15 Feb 2018
Committee of the Whole debate	15 Feb 2018
Third reading agreed to	15 Feb 2018


Finally passed both Houses	15 Feb 2018
Assent Act no: 8 Year: 2018	05 Mar 2018

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Explanatory memorandum

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Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

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Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Considered by scrutiny committee (18/10/2017): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 13 of 2017
Referred to Committee (30/11/2017): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (02/02/2018)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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Explanatory memoranda

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Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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