19 July 2023
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Scanlon Williams and Daniel Greiss
Law and Bills Digest
Nell Fraser, Thomas Rossiter, Tanya Bulmer, Carys
Fisser, Luke Buckmaster, Ellen Weaver and Edward Spink, Jerome Gavin
Research Coordination Unit
Contents
Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry
Attorney-General
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
No instruments tabled in the relevant period.
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Attorney-General
Privacy
Amendment (Regional Investment Corporation) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00613]
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The instrument amends the Privacy Regulation
2013 (the Regulations) to ensure that the Regional Investment Corporation
(RIC) is a credit provider that may:
- receive
credit reporting information, including repayment history information, from
credit reporting bodies (CRBs)
- disclose
credit information about an individual under to a CRB.
The RIC is an agency within the Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry portfolio that delivers concessional loans to farm businesses,
drought-affected small businesses and other eligible businesses under
the Regional
Investment Corporation Act 2018.
A credit provider is defined in the Privacy Act 1988
as an agency, organisation or small business operator that carries on a
business or undertaking that involves providing credit and that is prescribed
by the Regulations.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 26
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Attorney-General's
Commencement: 27 May 2023
Made under: section
100 of the Privacy
Act 1988
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
List of Threatened Species Amendment (366) Instrument 2023 [F2023L00651]
Safeguard Mechanism Legislation
Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00620]
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The instrument amends the National Greenhouse
and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008 (the NGER regulations) and the Australian National
Registry of Emissions Units Regulations 2011 (the ANREU regulations) to
support amendments made by the Safeguard
Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Act 2023 (the Act).
The Act reduces Safeguard Mechanism baselines and enables
facilities that stay below their baselines to generate tradeable credits,
known as Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs). The Act also amends the Australian
National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 and National
Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER Act) to
establish a framework for the creation and purchase of SMCs.
The instrument supports these amendments by:
- updating
regulations that provide for production to be reported by facilities covered
by the Safeguard Mechanism
- updating
the NGER regulations to remove civil penalties that are now prescribed in the
NGER Act as a result of the Act
- making
consequential updates to the ANREU regulations as a result of the Act, which
included SMCs in the registry
- amending
the NGER regulations to better recognise cement ingredients manufactured with
lower emissions containing supplementary cementitious materials under the
Safeguard Mechanism scheme.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 26
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 31 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Climate Change, Energy, the
Environment and Water
Commencement: sections 1 to 4 and Schedule 2 of the
instrument commence on 27 May 2023. Schedules 1 and 3 commence on 1 July
2023.
Made under: section
97 of the Australian
National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011 and section
77 of the National
Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
Committee comment: The
Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Delegated
Legislation Committee) is engaging with the Department of Climate Change,
Energy, the Environment and Water about this instrument in accordance with paragraphs (e), (g) and (k) of Senate Standing Order 23(3). See Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 7, 2023, 21 June 2023, 15.
Resources:
- ‘Safeguard
Mechanism’, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and
Water (DCCEEW).
- ‘Safeguard
Mechanism Reforms’, DCCEEW.
- Dr
Emily Gibson, Safeguard
Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2022, Bills Digest, 31
January 2023.
- Adam
Morton, ‘Safeguard
mechanism: what is it, will it cut emissions and what role do carbon offsets
play?’, The Guardian, 17 February 2023.
- Mark
Beaufoy, Claire Rogers, Guy Dwyer and Vanessa Sporne, ‘Reforming
Australia’s Federal Environmental Laws’, King and Wood Mallesons
(blog), 8 February 2023.
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Defence
Woomera Prohibited Area Rule 2014
Determination of Exclusion Periods for Amber Zone 1 and Amber Zone 2 for
Financial Year 2022-2023 Amendment No.2 [F2023L00595]
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Education
A New Tax System (Family
Assistance) (Administration) (Class Debt Waiver—Absences before First
Attendance or after Last Attendance) Instrument 2023 [F2023L00590]
Child Care Subsidy Amendment (Debts
for Absences before First Attendance or after Last Attendance) Minister’s Rules
2023 [F2023L00593]
Student Identifiers (Higher
Education Exemptions) Amendment (Education Minister Exemptions) Instrument 2023
[F2023L00611]
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The instrument amends the Student Identifiers
(Higher Education Exemptions) Instrument 2021 to specify that the
requirement in subsection
53A(1) of the Student
Identifiers Act 2014 (the Act) does not apply in relation to
international offshore students who commenced their course of study prior to
1 January 2023.
Subsection 53A(1) of the Act provides that a registered
higher education provider must not confer a regulated higher education award
on an individual unless the individual has been assigned a student
identifier.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 26
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Education
Commencement: 27 May 2023
Made under: section
53A of the Student
Identifiers Act 2014
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
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Employment and Workplace Relations
Fair Work and Other Legislation
Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00625]
What it does:
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The instrument amends the Fair Work
Regulations 2009 and other regulations consequential to legislative
changes made by the Fair Work
Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022.
Specifically, the instrument will:
- clarify
signature requirements for new bargaining instruments
- amend
the prescribed Notice of Employee Representational Rights Form in Schedule
2.1 to the Fair
Work Regulations 2009
- prescribe
requirements that the Fair Work Commission must be satisfied have been met
before a person who is not an eligible protected action ballot (PAB) agent is
appointed the PAB agent for a PAB
- set
out the travel allowance entitlement for certain members of the National
Construction Industry Forum
- reflect
the abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission and the
Registered Organisations Commission and the renaming of the Building and
Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 to the Federal
Safety Commissioner Act 2022
- amend
the scale of filing fees for small claims proceedings in the Federal Circuit
and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) consequential to the increased
monetary cap on amounts that can be awarded in small claims proceedings
brought under the Fair Work Act.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 30
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 31 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Employment and Workplace Relations
Commencement: sections 1 to 4, Division 1 of Part 4
of Schedule 1 and Parts 5 and 6 of Schedule 1 commence on 31 May 2023. Parts
2 and 3 of Schedule 1 commence on 1 July 2023. Part 1 of Schedule 1 commences
on 6 June 2023.
Made under: section
1364 of the Corporations
Act 2001, section
134 of the Data
Availability and Transparency Act 2022, subsection
796(1) of the Fair
Work Act 2009, section
285 of the Federal
Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021, subsection
120(4) of the Federal
Safety Commissioner Act 2022 and subsection
4(2) of the Jury
Exemption Act 1965.
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
- ‘Secure
Jobs Better Pay Act – what’s changing’, Fair Work Commission.
- Jaan
Murphy, Elliott King and Scanlon Williams, ‘Fair
Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022’, Bills
Digest, 34, 2022–23, (Canberra: Parliamentary Library, 2022).
- ‘National
Construction Industry Forum’, Department of Employment and Workplace
Relations.
- ‘Organise
a protected action ballot’, Fair Work Commission.
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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly
Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2023 [F2023L00648]
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The instrument repeals and replaces the Safety,
Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument
2022.
The Safety,
Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC
Act) establishes the Commonwealth workers’ compensation and rehabilitation
scheme for employees of the Commonwealth, Commonwealth authorities and
licensed corporations.
If an employee who is entitled to weekly incapacity
payments under the SRC Act receives a lump sum superannuation benefit
as a result of the employee’s retirement, the amount of weekly compensation
payable to the employee is reduced by an amount that is in part
derived from a defined ‘weekly interest on the lump sum’ amount. This amount
is calculated by multiplying the value of the lump sum benefit by the
interest rate specified by the Minister and dividing the result by 52. The
instrument specifies the interest rate.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Employment and Workplace Relations
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: Section
21(5) of the Safety,
Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Finance
Financial Framework (Supplementary
Powers) Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 3) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00598]
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The instrument amends the Financial Framework
(Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997 (the Principal Regulations)
to establish legislative authority for government spending on the Protecting
Our Communities (Disaster Resilience) Program, administered by the National
Emergency Management Agency, part of the Home Affairs Portfolio.
Funding of $4.9 million has been allocated in 2022-23 to
deliver the first tranche of a $30.4 million package to support projects and activities which would improve the
ability of communities to endure and respond to natural disasters.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 25
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Finance
Commencement: 26 May 2023
Made under: Section
32B and 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 to the attention of the Senate the expenditure associated
with this instrument under Senate standing order 23(4),
in the interests of promoting appropriate parliamentary scrutiny and control
of Commonwealth expenditure in delegated legislation. See Delegated
Legislation Committee, See Delegated Legislation Committee, Delegated
Legislation Monitor, 7, 2023, 21 June 2023, 24.
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Foreign Affairs and Trade
No instruments tabled in the relevant period.
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Health and Aged Care
National Health (Commonwealth Price and Conditions
for Commonwealth Payments for Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment
Determination 2023 (No.5) [F2023L00654]
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Amends the National Health
(Commonwealth Price and Conditions for Commonwealth Payments for Supply of
Pharmaceutical Benefits) Determination 2019 (PB 114 of 2019) to add a
form of the listed drug cefalexin to the list of ready-prepared
pharmaceutical benefits that are mixtures of ready-prepared ingredients; and
to add forms of the
listed drugs cefalexin and
larotrectinib to, and delete the listed drug risedronic acid and calcium
from, the list of pharmaceutical items which must be supplied as a complete
pack.
PB 114 of 2019 sets out the manner in which the
Commonwealth price for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits by approved
medical practitioners will be ascertained, and the conditions subject to
which payments will be made to approved pharmacists and approved medical
practitioners for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 1 June 2023
Made under: subsection
98C(1) of the National
Health Act 1953
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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National Health (Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy) Special Arrangement
Amendment Instrument 2023 (No. 5) [F2023L00650]
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The instrument amends the National Health
(Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy) Special Arrangement 2011 (Special
Arrangement).
- The
Special Arrangement achieves greater efficiency in payment for the supply of
injected or infused chemotherapy medicines to eligible patients being treated
for cancer. The Special Arrangement also relates to the supply of medicines
associated with the side effects of cancer and cancer treatment at certain
public hospitals.
The instrument provides for the alteration of
circumstances in which a prescription may be written for the listed drug
nivolumab.
The Instrument provides for, a brand for the addition of a
brand for the listed drug fosaprepitant, the deletion of a brand for the
listed drugs bortezomib, and ondansetron, the deletion of responsible person
codes from the list of responsible persons, and the alteration of circumstances in which a prescription may
be written for the listed drug pembrolizumab under the Special Arrangement.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 1 June 2023
Made under: Subsection
100(2) of the National
Health Act 1953
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
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National Health (Highly Specialised Drugs Program) Special Arrangement
Amendment (June Update) Instrument 2023 [F2023L00653]
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The instrument amends the National Health
(Highly specialised drugs program) Special Arrangement 2021 (the
Special Arrangement).
The Highly Specialised Drugs program established under the
Special Arrangement provides access to specialised Pharmaceutical Benefits
Scheme medicines to eligible patients, for the treatment of chronic
conditions which, because of their clinical use and other special features,
have restrictions on where they can be prescribed and supplied.
The instrument provides for the addition of a brand for
the listed drugs ambrisentan, lenalidomide, and tenofovir with emtricitabine,
the deletion of brands for the listed drug azacitidine, and the alteration of
circumstances in which a prescription may be written for the listed drugs
abatacept, adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, and selinexor.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 1 June 2023
Made under: subsection
100(2) of the National Health
Act 1953
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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National Health (Originator Brand) Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 3) [F2023L00652]
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This instrument amends the National Health
(Originator Brand) Determination 2015 to amend the originator
brand determination for the drug fosaprepitant, which has moved from the F1
list to the F2 list. Drugs listed on the F2 list are subject to price
disclosure.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 1 June 2023
Made under: Subsection
99ADB(6B) of the National Health
Act 1953
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
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National Health (Pharmaceutical benefits – early supply) Amendment
Instrument 2023 (No. 4) [F2023L00655]
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This instrument amends the National Health
(Pharmaceutical benefits—early supply) Instrument 2015 (PB 120 of 2015).
PB 120 of 2015 specifies the pharmaceutical items for
which Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) safety net entitlements will not
apply for early supplies, and specifies the period following previous supply.
The instrument amends PB 120 of 2015 to provide for the
addition of a form of the listed drug minoxidil. It also provides for the
deletion of the listed drugs dipyridamole with aspirin, pindolol, and
risedronic acid and calcium from the list of pharmaceutical benefits for
which PBS safety net entitlements will not apply for early supplies.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Commencement: 1 June 2023
Made under: subsection
84AAA(2) of the National Health
Act 1953
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
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Home Affairs
Customs Tariff (Suspension of
Preferential Tariff for Certain UK Originating Goods) Notice 2023 [F2023L00594]
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The Customs Tariff
Act 1995 gives effect to Australia’s import trade
classification system. It assigns rates of customs duty, both general and
preferential, to imported goods and enables the collection of these duties.
Section 16A, which was inserted into the Customs Tariff
Act by the Customs
Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement
Implementation) Act 2022grants the Minister the power to issue a
legislative instrument suspending preferential tariffs for certain UK
originating goods in accordance with the Free
Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.
This instrument intends to maintain the general rate of
customs duty in relation to equivalent goods covered by the UK’s steel
safeguard. The instrument remains in effect while the UK’s safeguard is in
effect (until 30 June 2024).
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 25
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Home Affairs
Commencement: 31 May 2023
Made under:
Section 16A of the Customs Tariff
Act 1995
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
- ‘Australia-United
Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Entry into Force 31 May 2023’, Australian Border
Force.
- ‘UK
steel safeguards’, House of Commons Library, UK Parliament.
- Joint
Standing Committee on Treaties, Report
201—Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (Canberra:
Australian Parliament, 2022).
- Ian
Zhou, ‘Customs
Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill
2022 [and] Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade
Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022’, Bills Digest, 40, 2022–23,
(Canberra, Parliamentary Library, 2022).
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Industry, Science and
Resources
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the
Arts
CASA EX56/23 — Implementation of
Drug and Alcohol Management Plans (Micro-businesses and DAMP Organisations)
Exemption 2023 [F2023L00628]
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The instrument provides exemption from specified
provisions relating to drug and alcohol management plan (DAMP) requirements
for micro-businesses and DAMP organisations.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 30
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 31 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Commencement: 1 June 2023
Made under: regulations
11.160 and 11.205
of the Civil
Aviation Safety Regulations 1998
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
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Civil Aviation Legislation
Amendment (2023 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00606]
Sydney
Airport Curfew Regulations 2023 [F2023L00619]
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The instrument repeals and replaces the Sydney Airport
Curfew Regulations 1995 and prescribes the number of permitted take-offs
and landings at Sydney Airport during the curfew period, and associated
matters. The instrument is the same in substance as the repealed Regulations.
Sydney Airport is one of four Australian airports subject
to a curfew on aircraft movements between 11:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 26
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Commencement: 27 May 2023
Made under: section
26 of the Sydney
Airport Curfew Act 1995
Committee comment: none identified
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Prime Minister and Cabinet
No instruments tabled in the relevant period.
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Social Services
No instruments tabled in the relevant period.
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Treasury
ASIC Corporations (Amendment)
Instrument 2023/368 [F2023L00588]
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This instrument amends the Corporations (CS
Facility Exemption) Instrument 2023/18 (Exemption Instrument) to
extend in its operation from 1 June 2023 until 1 August 2023.
The Exemption Instrument exempts use case platforms in the
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Pilot program involving a clearing and
settlement facility from the provisions of Part 7.3 of the Corporations Act
2001 (which deals with the Iicensing of clearing and settlement
facilities), contingent upon conditions as set out in the Exemption
Instrument. The purpose of extending the exemption period is to allow for the
increased duration of the CBDC Pilot program.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 25
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 26 May 2023
Made under: Subsection
820C(2) of the Corporations
Act 2001
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
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Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (confidentiality) determination
No. 2 of 2023 [F2023L00643]
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This instrument determines that certain information
reported to the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), which
would otherwise be ‘protected information’ is non-confidential. This will
enable APRA to disclose the information in a new entity-level publication.
APRA is able to make such a determination if it considers that the benefit to
the public from the disclosure of the information outweighs any detriment to
commercial interests that the disclosure may cause. The information deemed
non-confidential by this instrument relates to information on capital, risk
weighted assets and liquidity ratios for authorised deposit-taking
institutions supervised by APRA.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 31 May 2023
Made under: Paragraph
57(2)(b) of the Australian
Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
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Banking
(prudential standard) determination No. 3 of 2023 [F2023L00638]
Competition and Consumer (Industry
Code – Electricity Retail) (Model Annual Usage and Total Annual Prices)
Determination 2023 [F2023L00626]
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Part 3 of the Competition and
Consumer (Industry Code – Electricity Retail) Regulations 2019 confers
price setting functions on the Australian Energy Regulator (AER).
The instrument sets out the AER’s determinations under
Part 3 of the:
- AER
determined per-customer amount of electricity supplied in specified
distribution regions to small customers
- AER
determined timing or pattern of the supply of electricity in specified distribution
regions to small customers
- AER
determined reasonable per-customer annual price for supplying electricity in
specified distribution regions to small customers.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 30
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 31 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 1 July 2023
Made under: subsection
16(1) of the Competition
and Consumer (Industry Code – Electricity Retail) Regulations 2019
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
- ‘About us’, Australian Energy
Regulator.
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Currency (Australian Coins)
Amendment (2023 Royal Australian Mint No. 4) Determination 2023 [F2023L00618]
What it does:
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The instrument amends the Currency (Australian
Coins) Determination 2019 to determine the characteristics of five new
non-circulating coins proposed to be issued by the Royal Australian Mint.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 26
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 27 May 2023
Made under: subsection
13(2) and section
13A of the Currency
Act 1965
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
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Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 47 of 2023 [F2023L00581]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 59 of 2023 [F2023L00633]
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination
No. 63 of 2023 [F2023L00641]
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination
No. 68 of 2023 [F2023L00642]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 69 of 2023 [F2023L00602]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 70 of 2023 [F2023L00607]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 71 of 2023 [F2023L00608]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 73 of 2023 [F2023L00634]
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination
No. 74 of 2023 [F2023L00640]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 75 of 2023 [F2023L00578]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 76 of 2023 [F2023L00579]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 77 of 2023 [F2023L00580]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 78 of 2023 [F2023L00585]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 79 of 2023 [F2023L00586]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 80 of 2023 [F2023L00587]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 82 of 2023 [F2023L00575]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 83 of 2023 [F2023L00577]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 84 of 2023 [F2023L00614]
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
The instrument determines the Reporting Standard GRS 311.0
Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income by Product Group,
which sets out the requirements for the provision of information to APRA in
relation to a general insurer’s profit or loss and other comprehensive
income.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 26
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 26 May 2023
Made under: section
13 of the Financial
Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
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Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 85 of 2023 [F2023L00615]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
The instrument determines the Reporting Standard GRS
311.0.G Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income by Product
Group and by Region, which sets out the requirements for the provision of
information to APRA in relation to a Level
2 insurance group's profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 26
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 26 May 2023
Made under: section
13 of the Financial
Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
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Financial
Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 88 of 2023 [F2023L00629]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 90 of 2023 [F2023L00616]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 98 of 2023 [F2023L00636]
What it does:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
The instrument determines Reporting Standard HRS 104.0
Forecasts and Targets, which sets out requirements for the provision of
information to APRA relating to a private health insurer’s forecasts and
targets.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 30
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 31 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 30 May 2023
Made under: section
13 of the Financial
Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
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Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 99 of 2023 [F2023L00576]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
This instrument determines Reporting Standard HRS 109.0 Claims, which sets out requirements for the
provision of information to APRA relating to a private health insurer’s
claims. See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 24
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 24 May 2023
Made under: Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
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Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 100 of 2023 [F2023L00639]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for financial
sector entities.
This instrument determines a new Reporting Standard HRS 110.0 Prescribed Capital Amount. It
sets out new requirements for the provision of information about the capital
and financial accounts of private health insurers to APRA.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 30
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 30 May 2023
Made under: paragraph
13(1)(a) and section
15 of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
|
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination
No. 102 of 2023 [F2023L00644]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
The instrument determines a new Reporting Standard HRS 112.0
Determination of Capital Base, which sets out the requirements for the provision of information
to APRA regarding the determination of a private health insurer’s capital base.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
|
Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 31 May 2023
Made under: paragraph
13(1)(a) and Section
15 of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: none
identified
Resources:
|
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 104 of 2023 [F2023L00583]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
The instrument determines Reporting Standard HRS 114.0 Asset Risk Charge, which sets
out requirements for the provision of information to APRA relating to a
private health insurer’s asset risk charge.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 24
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 24 May 2023
Made under: Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
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Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 106 of 2023 [F2023L00584]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
This instrument determines Reporting Standard HRS 117.0 Asset Concentration Risk
Charge, which sets out the requirements for the provision of information to
APRA relating to a private health insurer’s Asset Concentration Risk Charge. See
the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
|
Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 24
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 30 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 24 May 2023
Made under: Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
|
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 107 of 2023 [F2023L00631]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
The instrument sets out the requirements for the provision
of information to APRA relating to a private health insurer’s Operational
Risk Charge.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 30
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 31 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 30 May 2023
Made under: section
13 of the Financial
Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
|
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 109 of 2023 [F2023L00635]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
The instrument sets out the requirements for the provision
of information to APRA in relation to a private health insurer’s profit or
loss and other comprehensive income.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
|
Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 30
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 31 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 30 May 2023
Made under: section
13 of the Financial
Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
|
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 111 of 2023 [F2023L00599]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 112 of 2023 [F2023L00627]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 114 of 2023 [F2023L00622]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 116 of 2023 [F2023L00623]
What it does:
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Other Details:
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Paragraph
13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector
(Collection of Data) Act 2001, grants the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA) the power to determine reporting standards for
financial sector entities.
The instrument determines the Reporting Standard LRS 114.5
Friendly Society Related Items, which sets out the requirements for the
provision of information to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in
relation to friendly society related items.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 30
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 31 May 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Treasury
Commencement: 30 May 2023
Made under: section
13 of the Financial
Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
Committee comment: none identified
Resources:
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Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 117 of 2023 [F2023L00600]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 118 of 2023 [F2023L00624]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 119 of 2023 [F2023L00601]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 120 of 2023 [F2023L00604]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 121 of 2023 [F2023L00610]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 122 of 2023 [F2023L00612]
Financial Sector (Collection of
Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 128 of 2023 [F2023L00589]
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Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans’ Entitlements (DFISA–like Payment) Repeal Regulations 2023 [F2023L00647]
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The instrument repeals the Veterans’
Entitlements (DFISA–like Payment) Regulation 2015.
The Defence Force Income Support Allowance (DFISA) was
introduced in 2004 through amendments to the Veterans’
Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA). It sought to address the
longstanding inequity caused by payments of disability pension under the VEA
being counted as income in assessing the amount of income support payable
under the Social
Security Act 1991 (SSA). DFISA was a payment for veterans
payable on the difference between the income support a person received under
the SSA and the income support the person would have received if
‘adjusted disability pension’ had been excluded income for the purposes of
the SSA. The term ‘adjusted disability pension’ included any
disability pension payable under the VEA and permanent impairment
payments under the Military
Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA).
After the Veterans’
Affairs Legislation Amendment (Exempting Disability Payments from Income
Testing and Other Measures) Act 2021 commenced, the ‘adjusted
disability pension’ was exempt from the income test under the SSA.
This meant that the DFISA was effectively ended on 1 January 2022. The
provisions for determining the amount of DFISA payable were repealed from the
VEA. However, the repeal did not automatically revoke the 2015
regulations, which are repealed by this instrument. The instrument also
amends the Family
Law Regulations 1984 to remove the only other remaining reference to
DFISA on the statute books.
See the Explanatory
Statement for the instrument for further information.
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Registered on Federal Register of Legislation: 31
May 2023
Tabled in House of Representatives: 1 June 2023
Tabled in Senate: 13 June 2023
Administered by: Veterans’ Affairs
Commencement: 1 June 2023
Made under: Section
216 of the Veterans’
Entitlement Act 1986 (Cth)
Committee comment: None
identified
Resources:
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