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  • Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    17 Feb 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Implements the recommendations of the Dawson Review into competition policy by amending the
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    in relation to: merger clearances and authorisations; non-merger authorisations; collective bargaining; exclusionary provisions; price fixing provisions; dual listed companies; third line forcing and exclusive dealing; enforcement; penalties and indemnities; local government bodies; and functions and powers under the Competition Code. Also amends the:
    Corporations Act 2001
    and
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    in relation to disqualification from managing corporations; and
    Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998
    to amend an incorrect cross-reference. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    20 Jun 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    to: create a second Deputy Chairperson position at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission; clarify the operation of the misuse of market power and unconscionable conduct provisions; and makes consequential amendments to the
    Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
    , in relation to the application of the unconscionable conduct rules to the supply and acquisition of financial products and services. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

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    Date
    27 Mar 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends: the
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    to: clarify the ability of State and Territory access regimes to confer duties upon the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) and the conditions under which a law of a State or Territory may confer functions, powers and duties upon the ACCC or ACT. Also repeals the
    Prices Surveillance Act 1983
    and replaces it with a new part in the
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    which preserves the existing prices surveillance powers; and provides for a body other than the ACCC to hold a price inquiry; amends the:
    Airports Act 1996
    ,
    Air Services Act 1995
    ,
    Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990
    and
    Australia Postal Corporation Act 1989
    to make consequential amendments;
    Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
    and
    Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989
    to delete redundant references; and contains transitional provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    24 Jun 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Implements the recommendations of the Dawson Review into competition policy by amending the
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    in relation to: merger clearances and authorisations; non-merger authorisations; collective bargaining; exclusionary provisions; price fixing provisions; dual listed companies; third line forcing and exclusive dealing; enforcement; penalties and indemnities; local government bodies; and functions and powers under Competition Code. Also amends the:
    Corporations Act 2001
    and
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    in relation to disqualification from managing corporations; and
    Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998
    to amend an incorrect cross-reference. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    19 Jun 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    in relation to: non-merger authorisations; collective bargaining; exclusionary provisions; price fixing provisions; dual listed companies; exclusive dealing; enforcement; penalties and indemnities; local government bodies; and functions and powers under the Competition Code. Also amends the:
    Corporations Act 2001
    and
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    in relation to disqualification from managing corporations; and
    Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998
    to amend an incorrect cross-reference. 

    Bill

  • Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

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    Date
    26 Jun 2008 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    In response to certain recommendations of the Senate Economics References Committee’s report into the effectiveness of the
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    in protecting small business, the bill amends section 46 of the
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    to: address predatory pricing; clarify the role of recoupment in predatory pricing cases; clarify the meaning of ‘take advantage’; confer jurisdiction on the Federal Magistrates Court in matters arising under the section; and amend the competition code similarly. Also amends the
    Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
    and
    Trade Practices Act 1974
    to: require a Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to have a small business background; remove the price thresholds applicable to unconscionable conduct cases; and clarify the ACCC’s information gathering powers. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Jun 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Industry 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, the bill amends five Acts consequential on the establishment of the Trade Support Loans Programme. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Support Loans Amendment (Improving Administration) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    28 Nov 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Trade Support Loans Act 2014
    to: enable the secretary to provide for offsetting arrangements where an amount is wrongly paid as an instalment of a trade support loan (TSL); provide the secretary with a discretion to extend the period for notifying a change of address; and align the minimum periods for TSL recipients to notify the secretary of information under the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Trade Support Loans Act 2014
    to: cause the Trade Support Loans Priority List to lapse; enable the minister to determine a new Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; provide that a qualifying apprenticeship is, among other things, an apprenticeship through which a person is undertaking a qualification that leads to an occupation or qualification specified on the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; amend the title of the Act to the
    Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014
    ; and enable the secretary to extend the day by which an application for a particular payment instalment period may be made. Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Support Loans Bill 2014

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Jun 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Industry 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014, the bill establishes the Trade Support Loans Programme to provide concessional, income-contingent loans of up to $20 000 over four years to certain apprentices which will be repayable when the individual’s income reaches the Higher Education Loan Program repayment threshold. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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