Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006

Type: Government
Portfolio: Treasury
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 41
Summary: Implements the recommendations of the Dawson Review into competition policy by amending the
Trade Practices Act 1974
  in relation to: merger clearances and authorisations; non-merger authorisations; collective bargaining; exclusionary provisions; price fixing provisions; dual listed companies; third line forcing and exclusive dealing; enforcement; penalties and indemnities; local government bodies; and functions and powers under the Competition Code. Also amends the:
Corporations Act 2001
  and
Trade Practices Act 1974
  in relation to disqualification from managing corporations; and
Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998
  to amend an incorrect cross-reference.

Progress

House of Representatives
17 Feb 2005	Introduced and read a first time
17 Feb 2005	Second reading moved
10 Mar 2005	Second reading agreed to
10 Mar 2005	Third reading agreed to

Senate
10 Mar 2005	Introduced and read a first time
10 Mar 2005	Second reading moved
10 Oct 2005	Second reading debate
11 Oct 2005	Second reading agreed to
11 Oct 2005	Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 67 Government and 1 Australian Democrat agreed to
11 Oct 2005	Third reading agreed to

House of Representatives
12 Oct 2005	Consideration of Senate message Details: House disagreed to Senate amendment No. 1, made amendments in place thereof, agreed to amendments No. 2 to 6

Senate
19 Oct 2006	Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate did not insist on its amendment, agreed to the amendments made by the House, and made 7 further Family First amendments

House of Representatives
19 Oct 2006	Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to further Senate amendments

06 Nov 2006

Assent

Act no.: 131

Year: 2006

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum
Explanatory Memorandum
Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 JOYCE, Sen Barnaby
Australian Democrats [sheet 4555] MURRAY, Andrew
Australian Democrats [sheet 4674] MURRAY, Andrew
Family First Party [sheet 4680 revised] FIELDING, Steve
Family First Party [sheet 5109] FIELDING, Steve
Government [sheet PF337]
Opposition [sheet 4539 revised 6] CONROY, Sen Stephen

House of Representatives
(HoR) Government 1
(HoR) Non-Government 1

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate to which the House of Representatives has disagreed
Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate
Schedule of the further amendments made by the Senate

Committee Information

No documents at present

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Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
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.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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