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• Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to: allow the Federal Court to refer all or part of a proceeding to a referee for report; and allow a single Federal Court judge to make interlocutory orders in proceedings that would otherwise be heard and determined by a Full Court;

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  to give the Federal Court concurrent jurisdiction with State and Territory Supreme Courts to enforce foreign arbitral awards;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Native Title Act 1993

  to remove restrictions on Chief Justices and Presidents acquiring an interest in land for the purposes of the

  Lands Acquisition Act 1989

  ;

  Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971

  to allow authorised, non-judicial officers of the Federal Court power to make orders specifying that certain premises are ‘court premises’; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to respond to the Full Family Court of Australia decision in

  Black v Black

  relating to the satisfaction of technical requirements for binding financial and termination agreements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Magistrates Amendment (Disability and Death Benefits) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  to provide statutory disability cover and death benefits for Federal Magistrates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Finance and Administration Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Apr 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Assistance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  to increase the general drawing rights limit for the 2008-09 financial year to $1,250,000,000 to enable the Commonwealth to provide general purpose financial assistance to the states; and

  Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995

  to enable the minister to permit a state to receive an entitlement to financial assistance before the end of the financial year to which that assistance relates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Claims Scheme (ADIs) Levy 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 (General Insurers) Levy Bill 2008 and Financial System Legislation Amendment (Financial Claims Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2008, the bill provides for regulations to be made to impose a levy on authorised deposit-taking institutions in the event that liquidation funds are not sufficient to recover the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s costs of the Financial Claims Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Claims Scheme (General Insurers) Levy Bill 2008

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  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 System Legislation Amendment (Financial Claims Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2008, the bill provides for regulations to be made to impose a levy on general insurers in the event that liquidation funds are not sufficient to recover the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s costs of the Financial Claims Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Corporations (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Corporations (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Act 1993

  to extend the sunset clause for foreign banks obtaining a banking authority in order to be eligible for concessional tax treatment when transferring assets and liabilities, to 30 June 2003; and to extend the deadline to effect any subsequent transfer of assets and liabilities from 30 June 2004 to 30 June 2006. 

  Bill

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to simplify the internal government financial management framework and address issues relating to the management of appropriations. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Auditor-General Act 1997

  and

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  to move the details for corporate plans of a government business enterprise into the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997;

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to: provide for sunsetting and disallowance arrangements of various legislative instruments; provide that Chief Executive’s instructions are not legislative instruments; and clarify that the external auditor of a Financial Management and Accountability Act agency is the Auditor-General;

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to make consequential amendments;

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  ,

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  and

  Science and Industry Research Act 1949

  to make technical amendments;

  Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008

  to expand the circumstances in which amounts can be credited to the Wheat Exports Australia Special Account; and

  Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980

  to provide: when the Wine Australia Corporation must provide an annual operation plan to the responsible minister; and that members are appointed to the Geographical Indications Committee for no longer than three years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Auditor-General Act 1997

  to clarify that the Auditor-General may accept an appointment under the

  Corporations Act 2001

  as an auditor of any Commonwealth controlled company;

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  to: ensure that directors of Commonwealth authorities and wholly-owned Commonwealth companies prepare Budget estimates as directed by the Finance Minister; and ensure that directors of Commonwealth authorities and wholly-owned Commonwealth companies notify the responsible minister of decisions to undertake certain significant events;

  Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2010

  to make technical amendments; and

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to: enable the Finance Minister to clarify the day on which a special account determination commences; focus the operation of drawing rights on payments and remove the penalty relating to drawing rights; enable the Finance Minister, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to exercise a discretion to ‘set-off’ amounts owed to the Commonwealth with amounts payable to the Commonwealth; and provide that the Finance Minister cannot delegate certain powers or functions. Also repeals the

  Appropriation (Development Bank) Act 1975

  and

  Car Dealership Financing Guarantee Appropriation Act 2009

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum