- Date
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23 Nov 2022
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the:
Corporations Act 2001
to: enable all documents under the Act to be signed electronically and for certain documents to be sent in either hard copy or electronic form; and provide that companies are not required to send documents to a member where contact details are known to be incorrect; Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
, Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
, Competition and Consumer Act 2010
, National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
and Tax Agent Services Act 2009
to enable certain regulatory bodies to hold virtual hearings and examinations; Corporations Act 2001
, Excise Act 1901
and Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995
to allow electronic payments to be used; 11 Acts to require notices in newspapers to be published in an accessible and reasonably prominent manner; Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
, Corporations Act 2001
, ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Act 2017
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to: remove erroneous references and redundant definitions; apply consistent headings to definitions sections; and make minor technical amendments; Corporations Act 2001
, National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
and National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
to move five legislative instruments into primary law; and 15 Acts to make minor technical amendments.