Aged Care (Bond Security) Bill 2006 – Parliament of Australia

Type: Government
Portfolio: Ageing
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 41
Summary: Part of a package of three bills in relation to the protection of aged care residents’ accommodation bonds, the bill establishes a scheme to guarantee the repayment of aged care residents’ bond balances in the event that an approved provider of a residential aged care service or a flexible care service becomes insolvent and is unable to repay residents’ bond balances.

Progress

House of Representatives
08 Dec 2005	Introduced and read a first time
08 Dec 2005	Second reading moved
08 Feb 2006	Second reading agreed to
08 Feb 2006	Third reading agreed to

Senate
09 Feb 2006	Introduced and read a first time
09 Feb 2006	Second reading moved
27 Mar 2006	Second reading debate
28 Mar 2006	Second reading agreed to
28 Mar 2006	Third reading agreed to

06 Apr 2006

Assent

Act no.: 26

Year: 2006

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

No documents at present

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

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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.
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 changed 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.

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