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• Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to standardise, across all divisions, the powers of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to issue summonses to require persons to give evidence or produce documents;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  in relation to: procedural fairness; alternative dispute resolution processes; constitution and reconstitution of the AAT; dismissal powers; correction of errors; appointments, authorisations and assignments; taxation of costs; and protection and immunity of reviewers in the Immigration Assessment Authority;

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  in relation to applications for review of child support decisions;

  Admiralty Act 1988

  to align the Admiralty Rules with the rules of federal courts;

  Foreign Judgments Act 1991

  ,

  Foreign States Immunities Act 1985

  and

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  to provide certain procedural protections to foreign States;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Judiciary Act 1903

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor and technical amendments;

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to clarify that hearings conducted remotely using videoconferencing technology are exercised in 'open court';

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to allow for short form reasons in the court's appellate jurisdiction in civil proceedings; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make consequential and technical amendments. Also repeals the

  Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act 1976

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014

  to: prevent the unauthorised commercial use of certain indicia and images associated with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women's World Cup Australia New Zealand 2023 and the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022; and remove the Schedule relating to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games; and

  Sport Integrity Australia Act 2020

  to correct an erroneous reference to an article of the World Anti-Doping Code in the definition of 'ineligibility'. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Decisions under the Continence Aids Payment Scheme) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to provide that the legislative instrument establishing the Continence Aids Payment Scheme may provide that applications may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of decisions made under the instrument. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Archives and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to exclude a right of access to documents provided to, or created by, the Independent Review into the workplaces of Parliamentarians and their staff conducted under the

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner; and

  Archives Act 1983

  to provide that these documents would not come into the open access period until 99 years after the year the documents came into existence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Amendment (Clarifying Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to clarify the validity of certain determinations that specify that certain classes of goods are conditionally non-prohibited goods which must not be brought or imported into Australian territory unless they are covered by an import permit or unless alternative conditions specified in the determination are complied with. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Royal Commissions Amendment (Protection of Information) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Royal Commissions Act 1902

  to: apply limitations on the use and disclosure of certain information provided by individuals to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability outside of a private session, where the commission indicated that it would be treated as confidential; enable certain members of a Royal Commission to make non-publication directions; and enable a Commonwealth Royal Commission, during the course of inquiring into a matter, to communicate information and evidence to a Royal Commission, or commission of inquiry, of a state or territory; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to exempt certain information given to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability from the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Special Recreational Vessels Amendment Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Special Recreational Vessels Act 2019

  to extend the operation of the Act from 30 June 2021 to 30 June 2023. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Work Health and Safety Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industrial Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Work Health and Safety Act 2011

  to clarify the operation of the Act in relation to the Commonwealth's undertakings on Norfolk Island. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industry Research and Development Amendment (Industry Innovation and Science Australia) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Technology 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Industry Research and Development Act 1986

  to rename Industry and Innovation Australia to Industry Innovation and Science Australia; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Pooled Development Funds Act 1992

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Venture Capital Act 2002

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Designs Act 2003

  to: implement recommendations of the former Advisory Council on Intellectual Property review of the designs system by: providing designers a 12-month grace period to apply for design protection after publishing or using their design to protect designers from losing their rights through inadvertent disclosure; introducing an infringement exemption for prior use; streamlining the initial steps for registering a design; correcting an anomaly to the innocent infringer defence where infringement occurs between filing and registration; providing exclusive licensees with legal standing to take infringement action through the courts; and extending the power of the Registrar of Designs to make directions about the forms of documents to 'approved forms' for designs; and make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum