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• Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) 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 amends the:

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to provide that financial institutions and other persons who buy Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) are subject to reporting and other obligations;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to the regulation of financial services for ACCUs;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to provide for the appropriate exchange of information between administrators; and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to extend the arrangements for reporting transfer certificates beyond 30 June 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: prohibit the private disclosure of pricing information to a competitor; prohibit disclosure of that or other information if the disclosure is made to substantially lessen competition; provide that the prohibitions only apply to goods and services prescribed by regulations; provide exceptions to the prohibitions; and extend existing authorisation and notification regimes to enable businesses to obtain immunity from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from the prohibitions where a public net benefit results. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• ComSuper Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish governance arrangements for Commonwealth superannuation schemes, the bill establishes ComSuper as a statutory body and provides for: the terms and conditions of employment, functions and powers of the Chief Executive Officer; staff and consultants; and finance and reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Human Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to: enable certain powers of the Child Support Registrar to be delegated to persons outside the Department of Human Services; and update certain criminal penalty provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Customs Administration Act 1985

  and

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  to include the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service within the jurisdiction of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity; the

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to: allow the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to commence litigation on proceeds of crime matters on behalf of the Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce; allow the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Commissioner of the AFP to transfer matters already commenced between themselves; give courts a discretion when calculating the amount of a pecuniary penalty order to take into account tax paid after proceeds of crime proceedings are commenced; and align the production order provisions with unexplained wealth provisions; the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to enable courts to take account of Commonwealth, state and territory forfeiture applications when determining a person’s property for the purpose of property settlement and spouse maintenance proceedings; and 10 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Export Controls and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  in relation to: goods that are no longer for export; directions for the movement and storage of goods subject to Customs control; the suspension of an authority to deal; compliance requirements for warehouse licences; and reporting requirements for cargo on board a ship or aircraft that is lost or wrecked; and

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Customs Depot Licensing Charges Act 1997

  in relation to compliance requirements for depot licences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (2012 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  as a result of the fourth review by the World Customs Organization of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, by effecting changes required by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (relating to food security), the Rotherdam Convention (relating to hazardous chemicals and pesticides), and the Montreal Protocol (relating to halogenated hydrocarbons). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: enable the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Customs to recommend, and the minister to declare, that anti-dumping measures be revoked at the end of a review; and provide for a revocation test outlining when the CEO may recommend that the minister revoke anti-dumping measures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends Part XVB of the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: provide that the importer of goods which are subject to anti-dumping applications bears the onus of proof to prove that the goods have not been dumped or subsidised for export into Australia; provide a presumption that where dumping and material injury have been proven, the material injury is the result of the dumping; enable new or updated information to be provided at various stages; allow supporting evidence for an application for dumping to be provided 90 days prior; enable preliminary affirmative decisions to be initiated once an investigation is started; allow consultation with industry experts as part of the investigation and review processes; and enable decisions to be referred to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for appeal. Also provides for an independent review of the first two years of the operation of the amended Part. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide for a ‘two strikes and re-election’ process when a company’s remuneration report receives a 25 per cent or more ‘no’ vote in two consecutive years; require the company board or remuneration committee to approve any remuneration consultancy contract; require remuneration consultants to report to non-executive directors or the remuneration committee; require remuneration consultants and boards to declare a recommendation is made free from undue influence; require companies to disclose certain details relating to a remuneration consultant; prohibit directors and executives from voting their shares on remuneration resolutions; prohibit hedging of incentive remuneration; require shareholder approval for declarations of ‘no vacancy’ at annual general meetings; require that non-chair proxies vote as directed when they vote on a poll; and confine disclosures in the remuneration report to key management personnel. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum