15 September 2023
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Edward Spink
Social Policy Section
Contents
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Attorney-General’s
Climate Change, Energy, the
Environment and Water
Defence
Education
Employment and Workplace Relations
Finance
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Health and Aged Care
Home Affairs
Industry, Science and Resources
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional
Development, Communications and the Arts
Prime Minister and Cabinet
Social Services
Treasury
Veterans’ Affairs
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Export
Control Legislation Amendment (Australian Meat Standard) Rules 2023 [F2023L00795]
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This determination amends the following instruments to
incorporate changes made to the Hygienic
production and transportation of meat and meat products for human consumption
(the Australian Meat Standard):
Section
432 of the Export
Control Act 2020 provides that the Secretary of the Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry may, by legislative instrument, make
rules that are necessary for giving effect to the Act.
Changes to the Meat Rules, Rabbit and Ratite Rules, and
Wild Game Rules, reflect the changes made to the Australian meat standard, and commence on 1 July 2023. The
Australian Meat Standard outlines health and hygiene standards for the
production and transportation within Australia of meat and meat products to
ensure that meat and meat products for human consumption comply with food
safety requirements.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 16
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 19 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 20 June 2023
Administered by: Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: section
432 of the Export
Control Act 2020
Committee comment: none
identified
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Attorney-General’s
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
Industry Contribution Determination 2023 (No. 1) [F2023L00794]
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Subsection
9(1) of the Australian
Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Industry Contribution Act 2011
grants the Minister the power to determine the amount of an instalment of a
levy payable for a financial year.
This determination determines the amount of the levy
instalment payable by a leviable entity for the 2022-23 financial year. Only
one levy instalment will be payable by a leviable entity for the 2022-23
financial year.
A levy is applied to certain ‘leviable entities’ that are
regulated and supervised by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis
Centre (AUSTRAC), and the purpose of the levy is to recover the costs of
AUSTRAC’s regulatory and intelligence functions.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 16
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 19 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 20 June 2023
Administered by: Attorney-General’s
Commencement: 17 June 2023
Made under: Subsection
9(1) of the Australian
Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Industry Contribution Act 2011
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential
Amendments) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00814]
National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential
and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2023 [F2023L00809]
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These rules will support the operation of the National
Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act
2022 (Consequential and Transitional Act) to ensure the
effective transition of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement
Integrity (ACLEI) to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). The
rules ensure ACLEI processes that are still on foot after 1 July 2023 can be
continued and completed by the NACC, and that legislation amended by the Consequential
and Transitional Act operates effectively in those circumstances.
Specifically, the Rules allow for investigations and other
processes on foot under the Law Enforcement
Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 and other Acts before the
transition time of 1 July 2023 to be completed by the NACC.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 20
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 22 June 2023
Administered by: Attorney-General’s
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: Schedule 2
(item 57) of the National
Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act
2022.
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Regulations
2023 [F2023L00817]
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The Product
Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 created the Product Stewardship
(Oil) Scheme. This scheme was designed to encourage sustainable management
and re-refining of oil and its reuse through providing incentives to oil
recyclers for the sale or consumption of oil recycled in Australia.
The Product Stewardship
(Oil) Regulations 2022 provide the basis for calculating the amount of
benefit payable for a claim for the sale or consumption of recycled oil, or
the consumption of gazetted oil for a gazetted use.
This instrument amends the Regulations by increasing the
amount of benefit payable in relation to the consumption of gazetted oil on
or after 1 July 2023 to 14.2 cents per litre.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 21
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Climate Change, Energy, the
Environment and Water
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: section
10 of the Product
Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Defence
Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (Average
House Price and Median Interest Rate) Amendment Determination 2023 [F2023L00800]
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Eligible members of the Australian Defence Force receive
access to a home ownership assistance scheme as part of their employment.
Subsection
52(1) of the Defence
Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008 grants the Minister the
power to set a figure as the average house price for the operation of the
scheme. The instrument sets an average house price of $912,289 for the
2023-24 financial year and takes effect from July 1 2023.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 19
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 20 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 21 June 2023
Administered by: Defence
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: section
52 of the Defence
Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Education
No instruments tabled in the relevant period.
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Employment and Workplace Relations
No instruments tabled in the relevant period.
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Finance
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers)
Amendment (Defence Measures No. 3) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00801]
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This instrument amends the Financial Framework
(Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997 to grant legislative authority
for spending on activities administered by the Department of Defence.
This instrument grants funding for NQ Spark Pty Ltd to
contribute towards meeting the costs of the construction of the North
Queensland Simulation Park in Townsville, Queensland. The grant will support
the construction of the Advanced Environmental Simulation Facility, at
funding of $32.2 million over three years from 2022-23.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 19
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 21 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 22 June 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 20 June 2023
Made under: section
32B and section
65 of the Financial
Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997
Committee comment: The Standing Committee for the
Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated Legislation Committee) engaged
with the Treasury about this instrument in accordance with paragraph
(c) of Senate Standing Order 23(3). The Committee also resolved to draw
the Senate's attention to Commonwealth expenditure authorised by this
instrument under Senate
standing order 23(4). See
Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 8, 2023, 2 August 2023, 15, 17 and 26.
Resources:
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Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers)
Amendment (Foreign Affairs and Trade Measures No. 2) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00812]
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This instrument amends the Financial Framework
(Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997 to establish legislative
authority for government spending on the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility
(PALM) Scheme, administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The expanded PALM scheme includes:
- the Family Accompaniment pilot, supporting an initial cohort of
200 long-term PALM scheme workers to be accompanied by their partners and
children; and
- Family Readiness and Reintegration Support, providing for
unaccompanied workers and their families to prepare for PALM scheme
deployments and support for both accompanied and unaccompanied workers on
their return home to capitalise on new skills and savings.
Funding of $67.5 million over four years was provided in
the October 2022-23 Budget to expand and improve the PALM scheme, including for
the Family Accompaniment Pilot, and additional funding of $370.8 million over
four years from 2023-24 was provided in the 2023-24 Budget for Family
Readiness and Reintegration Support.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 20
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 21 June 2023
Made under: section
32B and section
65 of the Financial
Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997
Committee comment: The Standing Committee for the
Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated Legislation Committee) has
resolved to draw the Senate's attention to Commonwealth expenditure
authorised by this instrument under Senate
standing order 23(4). See Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 8, 2023, 2 August 2023, 26.
Resources:
- Australian Government, Budget
Measures: Budget Paper No. 2: October 2022–2023, 111–112.
- Australian Government, Budget
Measures: Budget Paper No. 2: 2023–2024, 119–120.
- R. Marles (Minister for Defence), P. Wong (Minister for Foreign
Affairs), M. Dreyfus (Attorney-General), P. Conroy (Minister for
International Development and the Pacific), Delivering
for a peaceful, prosperous and resilient Pacific, 9 May 2023.
- D. Hurst, Budget
2023: ADF to expand Pacific links in $1.9bn budget package to boost
Australia's influence, The Guardian, 10 May 2023.
- ‘Pacific
Labour Mobility’, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- M. Klapdor, Social
Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the
Pacific) Bill 2023, Bills Digest, 4 September 2023.
- Dr Susan Love, Migration
Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill
2023 [and] Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge Bill 2023, Bills
Digest, 28 February 2023.
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Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers)
Amendment (Health and Aged Care Measures No. 2) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00815]
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This instrument amends the Financial Framework
(Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997 to grant legislative authority
for spending on activities administered by the Department of Health and Aged
Care. This instrument grants funding for:
- the Workforce Advisory Services Program to support aged care
providers facing workforce challenges, valued at $3.0 million over two years
from 2023-24; and
- the electronic prescribing system program to secure and sustain
electronic prescription delivery infrastructure and services, including
mandating the use of e-prescribing for high risk and high value medicine.
This is valued at $111.8 million over 4 years from 2023-24, and $24.2 million
ongoing.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 21
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 22 June 2023
Made under: section
32B and section
65 of the Financial
Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997
Committee comment: The
Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated
Legislation Committee) has resolved to draw the Senate's attention to
Commonwealth expenditure authorised by this instrument under Senate
standing order 23(4). See Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 8, 2023, 2 August 2023, 26.
Resources:
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Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers)
Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 4) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00813]
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This instrument amends the Financial Framework
(Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997 to establish legislative
authority for government spending on supplementary settlement support for
non-citizens resettled in third countries under bilateral resettlement
arrangements to be administered by the Department of Home Affairs.
This program facilitates the settlement of transitory
persons (non-citizens) in a foreign country, where settlement occurs pursuant
to a bilateral resettlement arrangement between Australia and a foreign
country. Australia currently maintains third country resettlement
arrangements with the United States and New Zealand.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 20
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 21 June 2023
Made under: section
32B and section
65 of the Financial
Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997
Committee comment: The
Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated
Legislation Committee) has resolved to draw the Senate's attention to
Commonwealth expenditure authorised by this instrument under Senate
standing order 23(4). See Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 8, 2023, 2 August 2023, 26.
Resources:
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Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers)
Amendment (Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and
the Arts Measures No. 2) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00808]
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These regulations amends the Financial Framework
(Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997 to establish legislative
authority for government spending on certain activities administered by the
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications
and the Arts.
This instrument establishes legislative authority for:
- a grant to The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) for
repairs, maintenance and improvement to the Commonwealth-owned building at
215 Anzac Parade in Kensington, New South Wales, which is occupied by NIDA.
This is valued at $1.8 million per year subject to indexation
- a grant to the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program
to provide financial assistance to local councils and other bodies who are
responsible for the provision of local community services and infrastructure
to support construction and maintenance of, and improvements to, priority
local roads and community infrastructure projects across Australia. This is
valued at $750 million over two years from 2023-24.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 20
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 21 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 22 June 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 21 June 2023
Made under: section
32B and section
65 of the Financial
Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997
Committee comment: The
Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated
Legislation Committee) has resolved to draw the Senate's attention to
Commonwealth expenditure authorised by this instrument under Senate
standing order 23(4). See Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 8, 2023, 2 August 2023, 26.
Resources:
- Australian Government, Budget
Measures: Budget Paper No. 2: October 2022–2023, 160–161.
- T. Burke (Minister for the Arts), Federal
Budget helps write the script for Australia’s emerging artists and
storytellers, 12 May 2023.
- C. King (Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional
Development and Local Government), K. McBain (Minister for Regional
Development, Local Government and Territories), More
funding for local road infrastructure priorities, 3 May 2023.
- Local
Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, Department of Infrastructure,
Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
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Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers)
Amendment (Social Services Measures No. 3) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00816]
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This instrument amends the Financial Framework
(Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997 to grant legislative authority
for spending on activities administered by the Department of Social Services.
This instrument grants funding for:
- the Jindelara Cottage Permanent Accommodation initiative,
serving as a residential facility for people with a disability living in the
Ulladulla region of New South Wales, at a value of $0.6 million in 2023-24
- sustaining the online myGov program, including extending myGov
to Commonwealth, state, and territory services, at a value of $106.2 million
in 2023-24 and
- reimbursing eligible disability providers for Disability Worker
COVID-19 Leave Payments. This is available to providers who paid workers who
lost working hours due to COVID-19 and have no personal leave. This measure
is valued at $14.1 million over two years from 2022-23.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 21
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 22 June 2023
Made under: section
32B and section
65 of the Financial
Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997
Committee comment: The
Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated
Legislation Committee) has resolved to draw the Senate's attention to
Commonwealth expenditure authorised by this instrument under Senate
standing order 23(4). See Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 8, 2023, 2 August 2023, 26.
Resources:
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Public Governance, Performance and Accountability
Amendment (2023 Measures No. 3) Rules 2023 [F2023L00810]
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This instrument amends the Public Governance,
Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 to prescribe the Australian
Submarine Agency (ASA) as a new listed entity, a type of non-corporate
Commonwealth entity.
This reflects the Government’s decision to establish the ASA
as a non-corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the Public Governance
and Accountability Act 2013. The ASA is responsible and accountable
for the management and oversight of the safe and secure delivery of
Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program including the acquisition,
construction, delivery, sustainment, and disposal of nuclear-powered
submarines.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 20
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 21 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 22 June 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: section
101 of the Public
Governance and Accountability Act 2013
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
- Public
Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, Department of
Finance.
- R. Marles, Questions
without notice: Defence Procurement: submarines, House of Representatives,
Debates, 15 June 2023, 55.
- Dr E. Gibson and Dr A. Broinowski, Defence
Legislation Amendment (Naval Nuclear Propulsion) Bill 2023, Bills
Digest, 81, 2022-23, (Canberra: Parliamentary Library, 2023).
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Superannuation (CSS) Productivity Contribution
(2023-2024) Declaration 2023 [F2023L00799]
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Section
110H of the Superannuation
Act 1976 requires employers of members of the Commonwealth
Superannuation Scheme (CSS) who do not pay productivity contributions to
another scheme to make fortnightly contributions to the CSS.
The fortnightly rate of productivity contribution is set
out in a table in section
110C of the Act and depends upon the member’s salary. This table can be
altered through the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation issuing a
declaration under section
110D of the Act.
The new productivity contribution rates set out in the instrument
have effect from July 1 2023.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 19
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 20 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 21 June 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: section
110D of the Superannuation
Act 1976
Committee comment: none
identified
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Foreign Affairs and Trade
No instruments tabled in the relevant period.
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Health and Aged Care
Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits
supplied by approved pharmacists) Amendment Determination 2023 [F2023L00804]
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This instrument amends the Commonwealth price
(Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved pharmacists) Determination 2020
to increase the following as specified in the Seventh Community Pharmacy
Agreement from 1 July 2023:
- the Tier 1 administration, handling, and infrastructure fee;
and
- the dispensing fee for ready-prepared pharmaceutical benefits;
and
- the dispensing fee for extemporaneously-prepared pharmaceutical
benefits; and
- the dangerous drug fee.
The Seventh Agreement between the Commonwealth, the Pharmacy
Guild and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Limited, which commenced on
1 July 2020 and expires on 30 June 2025, includes an agreement
between the Commonwealth and the Guild for the purposes of subsection
98BAA(1) of the National Health
Act 1953, setting out the manner in which the Commonwealth price for
pharmaceutical benefits is to be calculated.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 20
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 21 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 22 June 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: paragraph
98B(1)(a) of the National Health
Act 1953
Committee comment: none
identified
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Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical
Services – Telehealth and Telephone Attendances) Amendment (No. 1)
Determination 2023 [F2023L00818]
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This instrument amends the Health Insurance
(Section 3C General Medical Services – Telehealth and Telephone Attendances)
Determination 2021 to extend telehealth access to high-risk patients who
are experiencing acute respiratory symptoms.
This instrument allows for patients who are experiencing
acute respiratory symptoms and have a high risk of developing a severe
illness arising from a COVID-19 infection to not need a pre-existing relationship
with a medical practitioner to request a private pathologist for a Polymerase
Chain Reaction (PCR) test.
Under this instrument, the definition of a ‘person who
meets the PBS criteria for COVID-19 antiviral therapy’ in subsection 5(1) is
broadened to include those who are:
- 60 years of age or older with at least one additional risk
factor; or
- 18 years or age or older who has previously been hospitalised
from COVID-19
See the Explanatory
Statement for thist
for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 21
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 22 June 2023
Made under: subsection
3C(1) of the Health
Insurance Act 1973
Committee comment:
Resources:
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National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits)
(Subsection 84C(7) Price) Amendment Determination 2023 [F2023L00798]
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Subsection
84C(7) of the National
Health Act 1953 provides that the Minister may determine, by
legislative instrument, the manner in which the price for particular
quantities or numbers of units or all or any pharmaceutical benefits is to be
ascertained for safety net purposes.
This instrument amends the National Health
(Pharmaceutical Benefits) (Subsection 84C(7) Price) Determination 2019
to increase the safety net recording fee that an approved pharmacist may
charge a patient in respect of the supply of certain pharmaceutical benefits.
This is consistent with the requirements of the Seventh Community Pharmacy
Agreement.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 19
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 20 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 21 June 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: subsection
84C(7) of the National
Health Act 1953
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human
Tissue Products) Rules (No. 1) 2023 [F2023L00796]
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This instrument updates the list of medical devices and
human tissue products for which a benefit must be paid. The instrument sets
out the minimum benefit that is required to be paid for each listed item.
The Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Rules also
outline circumstances in which various assessments in relation to listing and
variation applications are required and the associated fee for that
assessment, and cost-recovery provisions.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 17
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 20 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 21 June 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: Item
4 of the table in section
333-20 of the Private
Health Insurance Act 2007
Committee comment: none
identified
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Home Affairs
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Indexation of
Citizenship Application Fees) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00822]
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Amends the Australian
Citizenship Regulation 2016 applying two years’ indexation for 2021-22
and 2022-23 to certain Australian citizenship application fees from 1 July
2023 to reflect the cost of delivering the citizenship program more
accurately. The fees for Australian citizenship were last updated in 2021.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 21
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Home Affairs
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: Section
54 of the Australian
Citizenship Act 2007
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Tablet
Press and Encapsulator Administration) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00823]
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Amends the Customs (Prohibited
Imports) Regulations 1956 to broaden the class of persons that may be
authorised to perform a function or exercise a power in relation to an
application for permission to import a tablet press or encapsulator, and
amend application requirements in order to improve the efficiency of
decision-making for the importation of these goods.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 21
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Home Affairs
Commencement: 22 June 2023
Made under: subsection
270(1) of the Customs
Act 1901
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Migration Amendment (Extension of Subclass 485
(Temporary Graduate) Visa and Increase in Subclass 500 (Student) Visa Work
Hours) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00821]
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This instrument amends the Migration
Regulations 1994 to give effect to commitments made by the Government
following the Jobs and Skills Summit and developed further after advice from
a working group made up of the Council of International Education, the
National Tertiary Education Union, Universities Australia, and the
Departments of Home Affairs and Education. The instrument:
- extends post-study stay for international students holding a
Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) Visa. This covers international students
who have select qualifications in areas such as science, medicine, health
care, engineering and technology, and will be implemented from 1 July 2023.
Post-study stay in these areas will be increased by two years
- increases the permitted hours of work for holders of Subclass
500 (Student) visas, and for holders of associated bridging visas, from 40
hours per fortnight to 48 hours per fortnight.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 21
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Home Affairs
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: subsection
504(1) of the Migration
Act 1958
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Industry, Science and Resources
Industry Research and Development (National Rail
Manufacturing Advocate Program) Instrument 2023 [F2023L00792]
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Section
33 of the Industry
Research and Development Act 1986 provides a mechanism for the
Minister to prescribe programs, by disallowable legislative instrument, in
relation to industry, innovation, science or research, including in relation
to the expenditure of Commonwealth money under such programs
This instrument prescribes the National Rail Manufacturing
Advocate Program (the Program), which will receive funding of $1.5 million
over a three-year period from 2022-23
The Program establishes funding for a National Rail
Manufacturing Advocate, whose role is to advise Commonwealth and state and
territory governments, advocate for the Australian rail industry, and support
rail industry businesses in accessing innovation opportunities.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 16
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 19 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 20 June 2023
Administered by: Industry, Science and Resources
Commencement: 17 June 2023
Made under: Section
33 of the Industry
Research and Development Act 1986
Committee comment: The Standing
Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated Legislation
Committee) has resolved to draw the Senate's attention to Commonwealth
expenditure authorised by this instrument under Senate
standing order 23(4). See Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 8, 2023, 2 August 2023, 27.
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Area-Wide
Licence) Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 1) [F2023L00802]
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Amends the Radiocommunications
Licence Conditions (Area-Wide Licence) Determination 2020 to impose a
range of technical conditions that apply to Area-Wide Licences in the 3400
MHz to 4000 MHz frequency range.
These conditions relate to interference management,
including conditions that enable radiocommunications transmitters operating
under an Area-Wide Licence to co-exist with other radiocommunication devices,
and conditions imposing other responsibilities and requirements for managing
interference.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 20
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 21 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 22 June 2023
Administered by: Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Commencement: 21 June 2023
Made under: subsection
110A(2) of the Radiocommunications
Act 1992
Committee comment: none
identified
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Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax)
Amendment Determination 2023 (No.1) [F2023L00803]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Amends the Radiocommunications
(Transmitter Licence Tax) Determination 2015, which sets the annual taxes
for transmitter licences.
The instrument introduces an annual tax of $0.0041/MHz/pop
for area-wide licences in the 3.4 to 4.0 GHz band.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 20
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 21 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 22 June 2023
Administered by: Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Commencement: 21 June 2023
Made under: subsection
7(1) of the Radiocommunications
(Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983
Committee comment: The
Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated
Legislation Committee)has resolved to draw this instrument to the attention
of the Senate under Senate standing order 23(4),
as the instrument imposes, or sets the rate of, a tax or levy, and the
Committee considers the levying of taxation to be one of the most fundamental
functions of the Parliament.
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Prime Minister and Cabinet
No instruments tabled in relevant period.
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Social Services
No instruments tabled in relevant period.
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Treasury
ASIC Corporations (Registration of Relevant
Providers) Instrument 2023/490 [F2023L00797]
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Other Details:
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This instrument implements interim measures to delay the registration
requirement for relevant providers to be registered with the Australian
Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) as a precondition for providing
personal financial advice to retail clients about relevant financial
products.
This instrument delays the registration requirement to 1
October 2023 . This means that relevant Australian financial service
providers can continue to provide financial advice without being registered
up until 1 October 2023.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 19
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 20 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 21 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 20 June 2023
Made under: paragraph
926A(2)(a) of the Corporations Act
2001
Committee comment: none
identified
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Competition and Consumer (Price
Notifications—Aeronautical Services to NSW Regional Airlines) Declaration 2023
[F2023L00820]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Section
95X of the Competition
and Consumer Act 2010 provides that the Minister may declare goods or
services of a specified description to be notified goods or services and may
also declare a person to be, in relation to goods or services of a specified
description, a declared person. Section
95Z of the Act sets out offences in relation to the supply of notified goods
or services by a declared person. In general terms, offences apply where a
declared person supplies notified goods or services at a higher price
than the highest price they charged for the goods or services in the same
locality, or elsewhere in Australia if they did not supply the goods in that
locality, in the previous 12 months.
This instrument declares services consisting of the
provision of aeronautical services and facilities to regular public transport
air services operating wholly within New South Wales to be notified services
for a further three years.
Additionally, the instrument declares Sydney Airport
Corporation Limited to be a declared person in relation to such services, to
the extent that they are provided at Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport, for a
further three years.
See the Explanatory
Statement for this instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 21
June 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 22 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 31 July 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: section
95X of the Competition
and Consumer Act 2010
Committee comment: none
identified
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Veterans’ Affairs
No instruments tabled in the relevant period.
Note:
a notice of a motion to disallow a legislative instrument or a provision of a
legislative instrument may be given in a House of the Parliament within 15
sitting days of that House after a copy of the instrument was laid before
that House. If, within 15 sitting days of that House after the giving of that
notice, the House passes a resolution, in pursuance of the motion, disallowing
the instrument or provision, then the instrument or provision so disallowed
then ceases to have effect (Legislation Act 2003, section 42).
Disallowable Instruments Lists for the House and the Senate indicate the number of sitting days remaining in which a notice
to disallow the instrument may be moved.
The
Disallowance Alert 2023 lists all instruments subject to a notice
of motion for disallowance. The progress and eventual outcome of any such
notice is also recorded.
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