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• Communications Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing and Datacasting) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to authorise disclosure of certain information by the Australian Communications and Media Authority to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, departments, government agencies and regulatory bodies; and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  in relation to variation of the conditions of datacasting transmitter licences; and

  Datacasting Charge (Imposition) Act 1998

  to ensure channel B licensees are not subject to an annual revenue based fee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007

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  Date

  31 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  in relation to: protections for employee entitlements; improved information to creditors; a statutory pooling process to facilitate winding up related companies; enhanced powers to investigate registered liquidators; removal of the penalty privilege in suspension and disqualification proceedings; regulation of insolvency practitioners; and voluntary administration procedures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007

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  Date

  30 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  as a result of the third review by the World Customs Organization of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, by providing: a separate subheading for the chemical binapacryl; and duty free access for prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of viruses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007

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  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007 and Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Corporations (Fees) Act 2001

  to allow the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to impose a fee in respect of certain additional market supervision functions conferred on ASIC. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007 and Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003

  to provide companies with the option to pay annual review fees in advance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 and Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to simplify and streamline Australia’s corporate and financial service laws, particularly in regard to: regulation; company reporting obligations; auditor independence; corporate governance; funds raisings; takeovers; and compliance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to establish a new regulatory framework for Internet content hosts, content services delivered over convergent devices including live streamed content services, mobile phone-based services and services that provide links to content; and makes related amendments to eight other Acts. Also amends the

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to include the Indian Ocean Territories in reviews by the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (NZ Closer Economic Relations) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: establish a mutual recognition regime for the issue of securities and interests in managed investment schemes; and provide for the mutual recognition of companies; and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: enable the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to share information with Australian and foreign agencies and bodies; and protect from unauthorised use or disclosure information given to or obtained by the ACCC, including from a foreign government body. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Takeovers) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to clarify the powers of the Takeovers Panel during takeover bids. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greater Sunrise) Bill 2007, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to change cross-references to the

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  to the

  Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum