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• Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Military Court of Australia Bill 2012, the bill amends: the

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: retain courts martial and Defence Force magistrates; provide for a right of election for trial; clarify the status and character of service offences; remove references to old system offences; and maintain cooperation where military discipline and criminal law jurisdictions overlap; and 22 other Acts to make consequential amendments. Also abolishes the Defence Force Discipline Appeals Tribunal by repealing the

  Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Court of Australia Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill establishes the Military Court of Australia and provides for the court’s management, jurisdiction, administration within the infrastructure of the Federal Court of Australia, and practice and procedure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Defence Families) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to enable certain family members of current and future overseas lateral recruits (technical specialists with previous experience in other defence forces) to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to satisfy the relevant defence service residence requirement and be eligible for conferral of Australian citizenship at the same time as the enlisted ADF member. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Proxy Voting) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to clarify that the chair of an annual general meeting, who is a member of the key management personnel or a closely related party of a key management personnel, is able to vote undirected proxies in the non-binding vote where the shareholder provides their express authorisation for the chair to exercise the proxy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Bill 2012, the bill amends the:

  Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990

  to increase the membership of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority board to include one member who has knowledge of, or experience relevant to, the construction or operation of domestic commercial vessels; and proposed

  Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012

  to amend the general safety obligations in the National Law and align them with those contained in the

  Work Health and Safety Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill provides for national regulation of the domestic commercial vessel industry in Australia by: establishing the National Marine Safety Regulator; and establishing a National Law for domestic commercial vessel safety. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Health Reform Amendment (Administrator and National Health Funding Body) Bill 2012, the bill: responds to the Full Federal Court decision in

  Kutlu v Director of Professional Services Review

  (2011) 197 FCR 177 by validating certain acts; and amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  in relation to: the judgments in

  Daniel v Health Insurance Commission and Others

  (2003) 200 ALR 379 and

  Kelly v Daniel

  (2004) 134 FCR 64 by requiring the Chief Executive Medicare to request the Director of Professional Services Review to review services by a person if the services have been provided in circumstances that constitute a prescribed pattern of services; allied health practitioners; the meaning of service; the extension of time in certain circumstances for final reports and determinations; the Professional Services Review Committee or Determining Authority not continuing an investigation in certain circumstances; the date of effect for final determinations; referrals to the Medicare Participation Review Committee; referrals to appropriate regulatory bodies; disqualified practitioners; details to be included in patient referrals; and technical amendments consequent on the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Malabar Headland Protection Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Provides for the protection of environmental, heritage and cultural features contained in the Malabar Headland, New South Wales, following divestment to New South Wales. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: enable a non-citizen visa holder, or certain other persons on behalf of the visa holder, to request to be given a prescribed form of evidence of a visa and require that person to pay the visa evidence charge; provide that the amount of charge be prescribed in the regulations and must not exceed the charge limit; insert a regulation making power in relation to various matters relating to the charge; require an officer to give a person evidence of a visa within a reasonable time after they have made a request and paid the charge; and allow the minister to direct that a specified document is not to be taken to be a passport or travel document for the purposes of the regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill: imposes a charge in relation to requests for prescribed evidence of a visa; establishes a charge limit of $250 for a visa evidence request made in the 2012-13 financial year; and provides for indexation of the charge limit in later financial years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum