Summary

Updates and repeals outdated administrative provisions across Commonwealth legislation, including by amending the: Bankruptcy Act 1966 to: streamline the indexation of certain thresholds and amounts; and make administrative amendments; Defence Act 1903 to enable the minister to delegate certain powers in relation to the Woomera Prohibited Area; National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 and Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 to streamline interactions for entities regulated by the National VET Regulator and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency; National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Act 2011 to make transitional provisions; Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 to: correct an error; and enable the executive director to delegate power or functions; National Health Act 1953 to streamline the process for approving a pharmacist to supply pharmaceutical benefits under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; Private Health Insurance Act 2007 to clarify certain timeframes; Australian Jobs Act 2013 to enable the Australian Industry Participation Authority to suspend or cancel an approved Australian Industry Participation Plan; Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010 to enable an issuing authority to revoke and reissue a building energy efficiency certificate when the certificate has been found to contain an error; Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 in relation to: administration by the Greenhouse and Energy Minister Standards (GEMS) Regulator; compliance with requirements by suppliers of customised products; and defining classes of products in a GEMS determination; Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987 to: clarify that the International Olympic Committee and the Australian Olympic Committee can register their own insignia as trade marks; and provide for the rejection of applications to register trade marks not applied for by these bodies; Trade Marks Act 1995 in relation to: alignment of grace periods for renewal of a trade mark; revocation and restoration of registration of a trade mark; and replacement of the Official Journal of Trade Marks; Patents Act 1990 to remove spent transitional and savings provisions; Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 to: remove certain powers of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA); and require the minister to have regard to certain expertise when nominating a person for appointment to the ACMA; and Radiocommunications Act 1992 to: remove certain requirements in relation to spectrum plans and frequency band plans, apparatus licences, variations and revocations of class licences and advisory guidelines; and provide for personal information to be excluded from public inspection and subject to confidentiality in circumstances that the ACMA considers appropriate. Also repeals the Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949.