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• Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the Constitution to make specific provision in relation to the granting of financial assistance by the Commonwealth to local government bodies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Constitutional Corporations (Farm Gate to Plate) Bill 2011 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  The bill: requires certain constitutional corporations (primarily grocery retailers) to display the producer price of fruit and vegetable produce; and imposes penalties for breaching the requirement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Fees) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to provide that: credit fees or charges relating to credit contracts must be reasonable; and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission may apply for a court order to annul or reduce a credit fee or charge it determines not to be reasonable; and

  Banking Act 1959

  to require the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to prohibit banks with a market share of more than 10 per cent from imposing early termination fees in relation to loan agreements or mortgage contracts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013

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  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require body corporates to issue a two-part simple corporate bonds prospectus when certain bond issuances occur; enable simple corporate bonds to be traded using simple retail corporate bonds depository interests; provide that directors have liability for any misinformation in a disclosure document in certain circumstances; and provide that the use of the terms ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’ are restricted to those with licences to provide advice on designated financial products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations and Financial Sector Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

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  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Payments Systems and Netting Act 1998

  to provide that client positions and associated collateral of a defaulting participant in a clearing facility may be ported to another solvent participant despite legislative impediments;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: enable the Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to determine how often they assess compliance by particular Australian market licence and clearing and settlement facility licence holders with their legal obligations; and make consequential amendments;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: extend the powers of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services to inquire into and report on the operation of any foreign business law which may affect the operation of the corporations law; require ASIC to report annually on the use of its information gathering powers and on additional information if required by the minister; and make consequential amendments;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Business Regulation Act 1992

  to authorise ASIC to disclose protected information to international business regulators;

  Reserve Bank 1959

  to enable the RBA to disclose protected information to external persons and bodies; and

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011

  and

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to enable the Clean Energy Regulator to share protected information with licensed and prescribed trade repositories. 

  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

• Court Security Bill 2013

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  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

• 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

• 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

• 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