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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Date
    16 May 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Protective Service Act 1987
    to establish the Australian Protective Service (APS) as a statutory agency, thereby transferring responsibility for the APS from the Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department to the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 May 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    and
    Excise Act 1901
    to extend the Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme to power generation by retail and hospitality businesses. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 May 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Family and Community Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    to: ensure that the language, literacy and numeracy supplement is not tax free; and replace the definition of “receiving”;
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to enable protected information to be obtained and used for the Family Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention Pilot;
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to provide for Parenting Payment Participating Agreements which will require people receiving parenting payments to undertake certain activities; and
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: close access for new applicants to mature age allowance and partner allowance; introduce changes in relation to administrative penalties; and introduce more flexible participation requirements for mature age newstart recipients. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 May 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to introduce a consolidation regime for resident entities that comprise a wholly-owned corporate group. Also amends the
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    in relation to transitional concessions available for transferred losses;
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    in relation to pay as you go instalments for entities in consolidated groups; makes consequential amendments to the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ; and contains application and transitional provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 May 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends 42 Acts to correct minor clerical and drafting errors. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 May 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Taxation Laws Amendment (Superannuation) Bill (No. 2) 2002, the bill provides for the quarterly imposition of the superannuation guarantee charge. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum