Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009

Type: Government
Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 42

Summary

Amends the AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005 to: replace references to ‘AusLink’ with ‘Nation Building Program’; clarify funding for off-network projects and off-network projects in regional areas; enable the minister to specify funding conditions in certain documents from time to time; enable the minister to grant certain funding recipients an exemption for calling for public tenders; extend the types of projects that can receive funding as Nation Building Program Black Spot Projects; and enable the minister to increase monies payable to organisations on the Nation Building Program Roads to Recovery List. Also contains a transitional regulation making power.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	13 May 2009
Second reading moved	13 May 2009
Second reading debate	28 May 2009
Second reading debate	01 Jun 2009
Second reading agreed to	01 Jun 2009
Consideration in detail debate	01 Jun 2009
Third reading agreed to	01 Jun 2009

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	15 Jun 2009
Second reading moved	15 Jun 2009
Second reading debate	16 Jun 2009
Second reading agreed to	16 Jun 2009
Committee of the Whole debate	16 Jun 2009
Third reading agreed to	16 Jun 2009


Text of bill as passed both Houses	16 Jun 2009
Assent Act no.: 56 Year: 2009	26 Jun 2009

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Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Non-Government
TRUSS, Warren, MP

Senate

Australian Greens [sheet 5828]
LUDLAM, Sen Scott

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (14/05/2009): Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
Committee report (15/06/2009)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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