Lands Acquisition Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

Type: Government
Portfolio: Finance and Deregulation
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 42
Summary: Amends the
Lands Acquisition Act 1989
to: allow states and territories to administer exploration and/or mining on Commonwealth land through regulations that incorporate or adopt state/territory mining legislation; provide for a penalty regime for breaches of the regulations; enable the minister to make offers of compensation to interest holders without a claim being made; and remove the requirement for commercial acquisitions in the market of an interest in land to be tabled in Parliament. Also repeals the
Lands Acquisition (Defence) Act 1968
.

Progress

House of Representatives
13 Feb 2008	Introduced and read a first time
13 Feb 2008	Second reading moved
19 Mar 2008	Referred to Main Committee
20 Mar 2008	Second reading debate
20 Mar 2008	Second reading agreed to
13 May 2008	Reported from Main Committee
13 May 2008	Third reading agreed to

Senate
14 May 2008	Introduced and read a first time
14 May 2008	Second reading moved
26 Jun 2008	Second reading debate
26 Jun 2008	Second reading agreed to
26 Jun 2008	Third reading agreed to

12 Jul 2008

Assent

Act no.: 82

Year: 2008

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

No documents at present

Schedules of amendments

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Committee Information

No documents at present

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Text of bill

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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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