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• Local Community Input into Renewable Energy Developments Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  Christian ZAHRA MP 

  Bill

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends 22 Acts to: correct minor drafting errors; clarify the operation of certain provisions; update references to organisations and other Acts; and update provisions to reflect current practices. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial sector levy setting framework, the bill amends the

  Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998

  to: separate the life insurance supervisory levy into a restricted and an unrestricted component; increase the statutory upper limit for the restricted levy component set for the 2005-06 financial year; and alter the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later financial years. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Legislative Instruments (Technical Amendment) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Arising from the enactment of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  , the bill amends the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  to clarify the effect of the expression ‘by legislative instrument’. 

  Bill

• Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial sector levy setting framework, the bill amends the

  Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998

  to: separate the life insurance supervisory levy into a restricted and an unrestricted component; increase the statutory upper limit for the restricted levy component set for the 2005-06 financial year; and alter the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later financial years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Serious Drug Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: insert new serious drug offences; and give effect to an obligation under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Right of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict by inserting new offences for the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict;

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  in relation to property restraining and forfeiture orders over a bankrupt’s property;

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to: clarify the functions of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in relation to assistance to and cooperations with Australian and foreign law enforcement, intelligence, security and government regulatory agencies, and peacekeeping activities in other countries; and enable the AFP to disclose a person’s personal information with that person’s consent;

  Mutual Assistance in Business Regulation Act 1992

  in relation to requests from foreign regulators for information, documents or evidence;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  in relation to identification references for certain account signatories;

  Customs Act 1901

  to make a technical amendment in relation to a power to detain people on bail who attempt to leave Australia in breach of bail conditions;

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to: exempt certain AUSTRAC documents from the operation of the Act; and make minor technical corrections. Also makes consequential amendments in relation to serious drug offences to 5 Acts; and repeals the

  Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1950

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Video Link Evidence and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: facilitate the use of video link evidence from overseas witnesses in proceedings for terrorism and other related offences and proceeds of crime proceedings relating to those offences; clarify a constitutional issue regarding the conferral of non-judicial functions and powers on Judges of the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates; facilitate inter-jurisdictional matching of DNA profiles through a national database; and expand the definition of “tape recording”;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to rectify an unintended omission;

  Foreign Evidence Act 1994

  to facilitate the use of foreign material, such as video tapes and transcripts of examinations, as evidence in terrorism and related proceedings when video link evidence is not possible; and provide a discretion to prevent foreign material being adduced;

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to: enable payments out of the Confiscated Assets Account to third parties who carry out examinations for the Commonwealth; and rectify the unintended consequence of a regulation change that inadvertently affected the legal status of some examiners; and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to enable the issue of a warrant to retrieve a tracking device installed under an authorisation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Marking of Plastic Explosives) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Gives effect to Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection by amending the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert new offences in relation to trafficking in, manufacturing, possessing, importing and exporting unmarked plastic explosives;

  Customs Act 1901

  to provide Customs officers with appropriate powers to regulate, investigate, search and seize unmarked plastic explosives; and six other Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984

  to: improve the Australian Government’s national liquid fuel emergency response arrangements; include the Australian Capital Territory as a legal entity within the terms of the Act; and update penalty provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Lobbying and Ministerial Accountability Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Provides for: the regulation of lobbying activities; divesture by ministers of all shares within 28 days of becoming a minister; and limitations on the post-separation employment of ministers and ministerial advisers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum