Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006

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

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	10 Mar 2005
Second reading moved	10 Mar 2005
Second reading debate	10 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	11 Oct 2005

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

Senate
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	19 Oct 2006

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


Assent Act no.: 131 Year: 2006	06 Nov 2006

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory Memorandum

Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum

Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Government [sheet PF367]

Non-Government
FITZGIBBON, Joel, MP

Senate

[sheet 5108]
JOYCE, Sen Barnaby

Australian Democrats [sheet 4674]
MURRAY, Andrew

Australian Democrats [sheet 4555]
MURRAY, Andrew

Family First Party [sheet 5109]
FIELDING, Steve

Family First Party [sheet 4680 revised]
FIELDING, Steve

Government [sheet PF337]

Opposition [sheet 4539 revised 6]
CONROY, Sen Stephen

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

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

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.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

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

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.