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• Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Establishes a national regime for the regulation of non-economic distribution and retail regulation of gas and electricity by amending the:

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  to: apply the National Energy Retail Law and the National Energy Retail Regulations in Australia’s offshore areas; and provide that the Australian Energy Regulator, the Australian Energy Market Commission, the Australian Competition Tribunal and the minister undertake a range of functions and powers to regulate the energy retail regime;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to provide that decisions made under the regime are subject to judicial review; and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  in relation to: consumer protection for accommodation bonds paid to aged care services; and Complaints Principles replacing Investigation Principles; and

  Aged Care Act 1997

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to remove redundant provisions. Also repeals the

  Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954

  and the

  Nursing Home Charge (Imposition) Act 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  to restructure the Act by: co-locating and listing alphabetically definitions; ensuring powers in relation to instruments apply to all types of instruments; enabling section 19B and 19BA Orders to apply retrospectively; providing that an action by a minister other than a minister authorised to perform that action is not invalid merely on that basis; clarifying actions done by a person purporting to act under an appointment; providing that everything in an Act should be considered part of the Act; and modernising concepts; the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  in relation to the construction of legislative instruments; and 248 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill: enables the collection and administration of the supervisory cost recovery levy; imposes a penalty for late payment; and provides for the levy or late payment penalty to be waived in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to provide: the administrative procedures for enrolment and maintenance of the Reporting Entities Roll; and for penalties for failure to enrol or maintain the enrolment record. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill imposes a levy on certain entities regulated by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to enable AUSTRAC to recover the costs of its supervisory activities from 1 July 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure. Also amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to: increase the cap on the face value of stock and securities that can be on issue under the Treasurer’s standing borrowing authority to $250 billion; remove the requirement for the Treasurer to declare that there are special circumstances before increasing the cap; and create two special appropriations for costs and expenses incurred by the Commonwealth in relation to the issue or sale of stock and the repurchase and redemption of stock prior to maturity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish the Carbon Farming Initiative, the bill provides for: the purposes and functions of the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units; rules for opening and closing accounts in the registry; different types of registry accounts; procedures and requirements relating to Kyoto and non-Kyoto international units in the registry; publication of information; voluntary cancellation of emissions units; prevention or rectifying non-compliance with registry requirements; and merits review of decisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum