Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Bill 2007

Type: Government
Portfolio: Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 41
Summary: Introduced with the Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2007, the bill: replaces the current Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation with a not-for-profit forestry industry services company to provide marketing, research, development and other industry services to the forest industry; and provides the minister with the authority to enter into a funding contract with a company to enable it to administer levies, state grower contractual payments, research and development and manage the Commonwealth’s matched funding for research and development expenditure.

Progress

House of Representatives
29 Mar 2007	Introduced and read a first time
29 Mar 2007	Second reading moved
28 May 2007	Second reading agreed to
28 May 2007	Third reading agreed to

Senate
12 Jun 2007	Introduced and read a first time
12 Jun 2007	Second reading moved
15 Jun 2007	Second reading agreed to
15 Jun 2007	Third reading agreed to

28 Jun 2007

Assent

Act no.: 122

Year: 2007

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Opposition [sheet 5286]

Schedules of amendments

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Committee Information

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Text of bill

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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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