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• Import Processing Charges (Amendment and Repeal) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Continues the operation of the import processing charges imposed by the

  Import Processing Charges Act 1997

  after that Act is repealed until certain other provisions of the

  Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001

  are proclaimed, and during certain moratorium periods. Also amends the

  Import Processing Charges Act 2001

  to clarify the amount of self-assessed declaration charge that is payable in relation to reportable documents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Torres Strait Fisheries Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  to allow for the Chair of the Torres Strait Regional Authority to be appointed as a full member of the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority. 

  Bill

• Taxation Laws Amendment (Structured Settlements and Structured Orders) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide an income tax exemption: for annuities and certain deferred lump sums paid under structured settlements to seriously injured persons, subject to eligibility criteria; and for life insurance companies on income derived from assets that support structured settlements; and

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  to provide that any commutation or assignment of a tax-exempt structured settlement annuity or lump sum will be ineffective. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and the

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  and contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  to: extend access to the Post-graduate Education Loan Scheme to certain universities and colleges; provide funding for the establishment of a Graduate Diploma in Environment and Planning at the University of Tasmania and six associated scholarships; vary funding levels for certain purposes; and correct a minor drafting error; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to: vary certain annual funding caps for 2003, 2004 and 2005; and insert an additional funding cap for 2006. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Vocational Education and Training Funding Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992

  to: supplement 2002 funding; appropriate general vocational education and training funding for 2003; and provide additional growth funding in 2003 for those State and Territories that satisfy the provisions set out in the Australian National Training Authority Agreement for 2001-2003. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New Business Tax System (Franking Deficit Tax) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to introduce a simplified imputation system, the bill imposes a franking deficit tax on companies that over-impute franking credits when making franked distributions to shareholders. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New Business Tax System (Imputation) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to introduce a simplified imputation system, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to implement the new system. Also amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to make transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New Business Tax System (Over-franking Tax) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to introduce a simplified imputation system, the bill imposes an over-franking tax on companies that do not frank all relevant distributions within a franking period to the same extent (ie that stream distributions). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 4) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to amend the thin capitalisation regime;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: insert a capital gains tax roll-over for a trust restructuring into a company; and introduce statutory caps on the effective life for the calculation of the declined value of depreciating assets; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide certain tax exemptions for temporary residents. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  to: extend the application of the Act to Christmas Island; improve arrangements for the payment of fees; broaden the range of persons who may be appointed as quarantine officers; and make clarifying amendments;

  Imported Food Control Act 1992

  to: insert an objective into the Act; provide for the use of agreements; and allow for the importation of food that does not meet applicable labelling standards, but create an offence if that food is sold by the importer without corrected labelling; and

  Pig Industry Act 2001

  and

  Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

  to allow Australian Pork Limited and Australian Wool Innovation Limited to carry forward research and development expenditure eligible for Commonwealth matching contributions from one financial year to the next. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum