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• Fisheries (Validation of Plans of Management) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Validates certain plans of management determined, amended and/or revoked under the

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  . Also validates things done under or for the purposes of those plans. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• First Home Saver Accounts Bill 2008

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  Date

  28 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill: establishes and governs the operation of First Home Saver Accounts; provides for the payment of Government contributions of 17 per cent on the first $5,000 of personal contributions made into an account each year; and provides for the prudential regulation of account providers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the First Home Saver Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 2008 and further to the package of bills which established First Home Saver Accounts (FHSA), the bill amends 13 Acts in relation to: the treatment of unclaimed money; secrecy provisions and the disclosure of protected information between the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; and makes minor and consequential amendments relating to the operation of the FHSA scheme and its interaction with existing legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• First Home Saver Accounts (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill: makes consequential amendments to: provide for the taxation treatment of First Home Saver Accounts and change certain references; and amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to ensure that the financial services licensing, conduct, advice and disclosure rules apply appropriately to First Home Saver Accounts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• First Home Saver Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008 and further to the package of bills which established First Home Saver Accounts (FHSA), the bill imposes a levy on FHSA providers to provide funding for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to supervise financial institutions which offer FHSAs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Transaction Reports Amendment (Transitional Arrangements) Bill 2008

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  Date

  18 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Transactions Reports Act 1988

  to facilitate the transition to regulation under the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter- Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: authorise certain cash dealers to continue reporting suspicious transactions, international funds transfer instructions and significant cash transactions to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); authorise solicitors, solicitor corporations and partnerships of solicitors to continue to provide AUSTRAC with cash transaction reports; and authorise certain cash dealers to enter transactions into their exemption register until 11 March 2010. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial System Legislation Amendment (Financial Claims Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Financial Claims Scheme (ADIs) Levy Bill 2008 and Financial Claims Scheme (General Insurers) Levy Bill 2008, the bill amends the:

  Banking Act 1959

  to establish the Early Access Facility for Depositors (EAFD) to provide access to deposit funds in a failed authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI);

  Insurance Act 1973

  to establish the Policyholder Compensation Facility (PCF) to provide access to funds from insurance claims when a general insurer fails;

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  to provide the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with administration of the Financial Claims Scheme (comprising the EAFD and PCF);

  Banking Act 1959

  to expand the duties, powers and functions of ADI statutory managers;

  Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  to provide for judicial management and recapitalisation of general and life insurers; and

  Financial Sector (Business Transfer and Group Restructure) Act 1999

  to facilitate the transfer of assets and liabilities between institutions. Also makes consequential amendments to six Acts to provide for the usage of tax file numbers for the Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Services Reform (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

  to ensure that a Retirement Savings Account provider can comply with proposed regulations (provided for by the

  Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001

  ) in relation to division of superannuation interests on marriage breakdown; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to: anti-hawking provisions; insider trading exceptions; definition of “financial products”; and to correct certain drafting errors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Services Reform (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Jun 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Reform (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 1998 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill