Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Bill 2012

Type: Government
Portfolio: Attorney-General
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Introduced with the Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Complaints) Bill 2012, the bill enables parliamentary commissions to be established following a resolution by each House of the Parliament to investigate specified allegations of misbehaviour or incapacity of a specified Commonwealth judicial officer (including a Justice of the High Court of Australia).

Progress

House of Representatives
14 Mar 2012	Introduced and read a first time
14 Mar 2012	Second reading moved
28 Jun 2012	Second reading debate
10 Sep 2012	Second reading debate
10 Sep 2012	Second reading agreed to
10 Sep 2012	Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 14 Government agreed to
10 Sep 2012	Third reading agreed to

Senate
12 Sep 2012	Introduced and read a first time
12 Sep 2012	Second reading moved
22 Nov 2012	Second reading debate
22 Nov 2012	Second reading agreed to
22 Nov 2012	Third reading agreed to

22 Nov 2012	Text of bill as passed both Houses
11 Dec 2012	Assent Act no.: 188 Year: 2012

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
Third reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum
Addendum to explanatory memorandum
Supplementary explanatory memorandum
Revised explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of Representatives
Government [sheet ZA293]

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (15/03/2012): House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs; Committee report (25/06/2012)
Referred to Committee (22/03/2012): Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (02/08/2012)

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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

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