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• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Patents Act 1990

  to: modify the operation of the Crown use provisions; implement the Protocol amending the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property to enable Australian pharmaceutical manufacturers to supply developing countries with generic versions of patented medicines; and make technical amendments;

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  to enable the owners of plant breeder’s rights in a plant variety with the option to take action in the Federal Circuit Court against alleged infringers;

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  ,

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide for a single trans-Tasman patent attorney regime and single patent application and examination processes for Australia and New Zealand; and

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to remove document retention requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Offshore Resources Activity) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the Migration Maritime Taskforce by amending the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide that foreign workers who participate in, or support, offshore resources activities are taken to be in the migration zone and are required to hold a visa. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Banking Amendment (Unclaimed Money) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Banking Act 1959

  to: exempt reactivated accounts from being reported and transferred to the Commonwealth as unclaimed moneys; and allow the Treasurer to refund moneys to authorised deposit-taking institutions that are collected unnecessarily. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charities (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Charities Bill 2013, the bill: makes consequential amendments to 13 Acts and the proposed

  Charities Act 2013

  ; repeals the

  Extension of Charitable Purpose Act 2004

  ; and makes transitional arrangements for the registration of new subtypes of entities with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and to preserve the charitable status of certain entities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charities Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Charities (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, the bill defines charity and charitable purpose for the purposes of all Commonwealth legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Law Enforcement Integrity, Vulnerable Witness Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: authorise Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) staff to provide AUSTRAC information to the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) with appropriate protection for that information; enable AUSTRAC to conduct internal reviews of certain decisions; create an exception to an offence and extend certain offences; enable the Clean Energy Regulator and the Integrity Commission of Tasmania to access AUSTRAC data; and enable AUSTRAC to engage private sector secondees;

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  to: require certain evidence to only be given in private; and enable the ACLEI to second employees of the Australian Federal Police and other unsworn police officers;

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  in relation to victims of slavery, slavery-like and human trafficking offences to: extend vulnerable witness protections to adult victims and to enable evidence to be given in retrials and subsequent trials; provide for the use of victim impact statements; and enable courts to hear evidence by video-link from witnesses outside Australia;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to remove wrist x-ray as a prescribed age determination procedure;

  Migration Act 1958

  to: ensure that the prosecution bears the onus of proof in establishing age; enable the use of evidentiary certificates in the prosecution of people smuggling offences; provide that all the time spent in immigration detention or on remand prior to sentencing is recognised in the sentencing of those convicted of people smuggling offences;

  International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997

  and

  International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

  to enable Australia to recognise the United Nations’ International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals;

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to enable the minister to enter into certain arrangements with either the administrator or the minister responsible for an external territory; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to make a technical amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: remove, in certain circumstances, the minister’s mandatory consideration of the lesser duty rule; align the retrospective duties provisions of the anti-dumping system with the relevant World Trade Organization agreements; clarify that the minister is the decision maker for certain findings; and provide for a circumvention activity to address sales at a loss and other similar practices. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill 2013, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975

  to remove, in certain circumstances, the minister’s mandatory consideration of the lesser duty rule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Interest Disclosure (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Public Service and Integrity 

  Summary

  Further to the Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996

  ,

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  ,

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  and

  Public Service Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Public Housing Tenants’ Support) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to establish the Housing Payment Deduction Scheme to provide for rent and household utilities to be compulsorily deducted from specified welfare payments to public housing tenants who are in significant rental arrears that could lead to eviction or housing abandonment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum