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• Customs and AusCheck Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  to: place obligations on cargo terminal operators and handlers that load and unload cargo; create new offences for using information from the Integrated Cargo System to aid a criminal organisation; enable the Chief Executive Officer of Customs and Border Protection to consider the refusal, suspension or cancellation of aviation and maritime security identification cards; align aspects of the customs broker licensing scheme with that of depots and warehouses; and adjust controls and sanctions;

  AusCheck Act 2007

  to enable the secretary to suspend, or suspend processing of an application for, an aviation or maritime security identification card; and

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  to provide that the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Deputy President and Chair of Committees of the Senate are eligible for appointment to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Prohibition of Certain Coal Exports) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: prohibit the export of coal mined in the water catchment valleys and district of the Wyong Shire Council; and enable the minister to prohibit the export of coal mined in other areas. 

  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

• Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: create a criminal offence for a person over 18 years of age to intentionally misrepresent their age in online communications to a person they reasonably believe to be under 18 years of age for the purposes of encouraging a physical meeting, or with the intention of committing an offence; and impose penalties. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to respond to recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement report

  Inquiry into Commonwealth unexplained wealth legislation and arrangements

  by: ensuring that evidence relevant to unexplained wealth proceedings can be seized under a search warrant; allowing the time limit for serving notice of a preliminary unexplained wealth order to be extended by a court in certain circumstances; harmonising provisions relating to the payment of legal expenses for unexplained wealth cases; allowing charges to be created over restrained property to secure payment of an unexplained wealth order; removing a court’s discretion to make unexplained wealth restraining orders, preliminary unexplained wealth orders and unexplained wealth orders once relevant criteria are satisfied; and expanding the parliamentary joint committee’s oversight of unexplained wealth investigations and litigation; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: provide that cross-border firearms trafficking offences cover firearm parts; introduce aggravated offences for dealing in 50 or more firearms and firearm parts; increase the penalties for illegal importation or exportation of larger numbers of firearms; and introduce aggravated offences for importing or exporting 50 or more firearms or firearm parts during a six month period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to define timeframes and set up evidentiary procedures for age determination and prosecution of non-citizens who are suspected or accused of people smuggling offences under the

  Migration Act 1958

  who may have been minors at the time the offences were allegedly committed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Native Title Act 1993

  to: enable the transfer of the National Native Title Tribunal’s appropriations, staff and some of its administrative functions to the Federal Court of Australia; and provide that the tribunal is no longer a statutory agency for the purposes of the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  and the

  Public Service Act 1999

  ;

  Family Law Act 1975

  and

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to enable the merger of the administrative functions of the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, including by establishing a single Chief Executive Officer position for both courts; and

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Court Security Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Court Security (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013, the bill enables all federal courts, the Family Court of Western Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to manage security issues by: allowing them to appoint persons as security officers and authorised courts officers; prescribing powers that security officers are able to exercise; prescribing offences; enabling judicial officers of court exercising family law jurisdiction to make restraining or protective type orders in certain circumstances; providing for immunity from suit of security officers; providing for compensation for damage to certain devices or data; and enabling the delegation of certain powers and functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Court Security (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Court Security Bill 2013, the bill amends the

  Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971

  to remove provisions which overlap with the proposed

  Court Security Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Reporting Panel) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Corporations (Fees) Act 2001

  to close the Financial Reporting Panel by repealing its functions and powers; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to enable courts or tribunals to continue to have regard to previous reports by the panel. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum