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• Legislative Instruments Amendment (Sunsetting) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to provide that legislative instruments remain in force for 10 years following registration (rather than commencement) on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009

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  Date

  19 Mar 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

  to: establish the Cross Border Justice Scheme to enable judicial officers, police and other officials to deal with offenders from any of the participating jurisdictions (Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory); and clarify that prisoners may give evidence by audio or video link when subpoenaed to give evidence in interstate court or tribunal proceedings; and

  Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994

  to expand the range of proceedings covered by the scheme established between Australia and New Zealand for the service of subpoenas between the two jurisdictions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Officers Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

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  Date

  28 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Law Officers Act 1964

  and

  Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

  to enable Solicitors-General to access long service leave entitlements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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

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

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  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 Bill 2004

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  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

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 1998

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  Date

  02 Dec 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Legislative Instruments Bill 1996 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Officers Amendment Bill 1997

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  Date

  03 Dec 1997 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment (Telstra) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

  ,

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  and

  Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Act 2005

  to extend the application of the

  Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

  to Telstra pending development of national long service leave arrangements in consultation with the states and territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum