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• Agriculture and Water Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Levies Legislation Amendment (Honey) Bill 2016, the bill amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to cease the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) Advisory Board;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: amend the information that the APVMA is required to provide to Food Standards Australia New Zealand; and amend an incorrect reference in the Agvet Code;

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  to: remove the requirements for an export licence to export meat by-products and for certain documents to be tabled; and repeal obsolete provisions;

  Biosecurity Act 2015

  to make minor technical amendments;

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  ,

  Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2007

  and

  Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013

  to remove the requirements for certain documents to be tabled;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to remove the ability of the secretary to delegate their general rule-making power;

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  to cease the Fishing Industry Policy Council;

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to: enable the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to renew an existing permit without existing permit holders needing to re-apply; transfer the functions of the Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and cease the panel; and remove the text of the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America;

  Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012

  to enable the secretary to delegate certain powers;

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to remove the requirement for the minister to organise an annual co-ordination meeting for the chairs of the statutory research and development corporations; and

  Water Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Act 2016

  to clarify dates for water-related reviews and change a commencement date. Also repeals the

  Rural Adjustment Act 1992

  to cease the National Rural Advisory Council, makes consequential amendments to the

  Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997

  and repeals 12 redundant Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

  to enable levy and charge payer information to be provided to rural research and development corporations for the purpose of developing levy payer registers; and the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  and

  National Residue Survey Administration Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Grape and Wine Legislation Amendment (Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill: amends the:

  Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980

  to: implement the merger of the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (GWRDC) and the Wine Australia Corporation to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and rename the Act; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to make a consequential amendment; transfers the operations, assets, liabilities and staffing conditions of the GWRDC and the Wine Australia Corporation to the authority; and repeals the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1991. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill amends the

  Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

  to: enable levies collected to be paid to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and remove the requirement for the Wine Australia Corporation to make recommendations to the minister about the levy rate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Australian Grape and Wine Authority) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill amends the

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to: enable levies collected to be paid to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and remove the requirement for the Wine Australia Corporation to make recommendations to the minister about the levy rate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends the

  Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

  to: remove product specific maximum rates for research and development and marketing charge rates; standardise and clarify the industry bodies to be consulted before the minister sets new or changed rates; and provide that the maximum charge rate to be imposed is the rate requested by the charge payers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends the:

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to: remove product specific maximum levy rates for research and development and marketing levies; standardise and clarify the industry bodies to be consulted before the minister sets new or changed levies; provide that the maximum levy rate to be imposed is the rate requested by the levy payers; set the levy rate on sugar cane to 70 cents per tonne; and require the minister to take into account recommendations from the sugar industry services body on the rate of the levy on sugar cane in the absence of an industry organisation; and proposed

  Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments—Excise) Act 2013

  to remove the maximum levy rate on sugar cane. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Rural Research and Development Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends: the

  Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

  to: require research and development corporations (RDCs) to enter into a funding agreement with the Commonwealth before the end of the 2013-14 financial year; enable individual fisheries industry levies to be collected and matched subject to a relevant industry cap; amend the process for selecting board members for statutory RDCs; include marketing activities in the role of RDCs; and amend the long and short titles of the Act; the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

  ,

  Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

  and

  Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

  to standardise ministerial delegation rules for industry-owned RDCs; the

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  and

  Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

  to enable the minister to give written directions to the industry and research bodies in certain circumstances; the

  Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

  to: enable the research body to use certain funds for marketing activities; and provide that the timing of the wool levy poll is prescribed in regulations; six Acts to enable the Commonwealth to match voluntary contributions made to RDCs by businesses for research and development; and nine Acts to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Biosecurity Bill 2012 [2013]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Inspector-General of Biosecurity Bill 2012 [2013], the bill responds to the Nairn and Beale reviews by providing for a modern regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  ) to: manage biosecurity risks, the risk of contagion of a listed human disease, the risk of listed human diseases entering Australian territory, risks related to ballast water, biosecurity emergencies and human biosecurity emergencies; and give effect to Australia’s international rights and obligations, including the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations and Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and the Convention on Biological Diversity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Biosecurity Bill 2012 [2013]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Biosecurity Bill 2012 [2013], the bill establishes the Inspector-General of Biosecurity as a statutory body to review and report on: the performance of functions and the exercise of powers by the Director of Biosecurity, biosecurity officers and biosecurity enforcement officers; and the process for conducting biosecurity import risk analyses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum