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• Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  to extend nuclear test participant eligibility to certain Australian Protective Service officers;

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to enable Defence Service Homes Insurance to pay the New South Wales State Emergency Services levy;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to: time limits for claims for certain travel expenses; the aggravation of war-caused or defence-caused injury or disease remaining compensable; dependants of veterans who were prisoners of war; and review of the Statement of Principles;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to the serving of notices or other documents;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: require that certain lump sum compensation payments are made into the recipient’s account; and make technical amendments; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable Victoria Cross and decoration allowance recipients to receive a Victoria Cross allowance, decoration allowance or annuity under the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and from a foreign country. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Unclaimed Money and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Banking Act 1959

  ,

  First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008

  and

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  to: reduce to three years the period before amounts held by authorised deposit-taking institutions, first home saver account providers and life insurance companies are treated as unclaimed moneys; and provide for the payment of interest on unclaimed moneys claimed after 1 July 2013;

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to: increase to $2000 the balance threshold below which small lost accounts are required to be transferred to the Commissioner of Taxation; decrease to 12 months the period of inactivity before inactive accounts of unidentifiable members are required to be transferred to the commissioner; and provide for the payment of interest on all unclaimed superannuation moneys claimed after 1 July 2013;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to close the Companies and Unclaimed Moneys Special Account; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: establish a new process for the receipt and payment of unclaimed property; and provide for the payment of interest on unclaimed property claimed after 1 July 2013. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Transport Safety Investigation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003

  to: provide state and territory government ministers, who have a responsibility for rail transport, with a power to request the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to conduct certain investigations in their jurisdiction; clarify the ATSB’s capacity to conduct investigations within, or to or from, a Commonwealth territory; and provide that certain information obtained or generated by the ATSB may be disclosed under certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trans-Tasman Proceedings Amendment and Other Measures Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the:

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010

  in relation to staying an Australian proceeding on forum grounds; and

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010

  and

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2010

  to: reflect amendments made by the New Zealand Parliament to the companion legislation to enable the cooperative scheme to operate; and retrospectively validates fees charged (from 1 March 2009 to 25 November 2010) for de facto financial proceedings under the

  Family Law Act 1975

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tradex Scheme Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tradex Scheme Act 1999

  to: provide that partnerships are eligible to apply for a tradex order; and remove transitional arrangements relating to the Texco Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, the bill amends the

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide that regulations may be made in relation to the plain packaging of tobacco so that businesses are not prevented from registering new trade marks or from protecting trade marks against infringement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011, the bill prevents tobacco advertising and promotion of tobacco products and tobacco product packaging by making it an offence to sell, supply, purchase, package or manufacture tobacco products or packaging for retail sale that are not compliant with plain packaging requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992

  to make it an offence to advertise tobacco products on the internet and other electronic media and future technologies, unless the advertising complies with state or territory legislation or Commonwealth regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Copyright) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to prevent companies commencing legal action asserting copyright in the text of an approved product information (PI) document for a medicine where it is used in the PI document of another version of the same medicine. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  in relation to: processes for the evaluation of prescription medicines; the refund of evaluation fees; and standard conditions for the registration or listing of therapeutic goods. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum