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• Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (State Bodies and Other Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  and seven other Acts to reflect the establishment of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission of New South Wales and its inspector;

  Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to provide the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission of Victoria with investigative powers equivalent to those available to other state anti-corruption bodies; and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to clarify the meaning of lawfully acquired property or wealth. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Officers Amendment Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 1997 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Officers Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

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  Date

  28 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Law Officers Act 1964

  and

  Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

  to enable Solicitors-General to access long service leave entitlements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHOEBRIDGE, Sen David 

  Summary

  Establishes the Cannabis Australia National Agency as a statutory agency to register cannabis strains and regulate activities relating to cannabis including: growing and possessing cannabis plants; manufacturing and selling cannabis products; operating cannabis cafes; and importing and exporting cannabis products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Legislate the Date to End Live Sheep Export Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FARUQI, Sen Mehreen 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Control Act 2020

  to prohibit livestock sheep export by sea from Australian territory on and after 1 May 2026. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  to: provide a definition of ‘sitting day’; clarify the circumstances in which a House is taken to have adjourned (in addition to the ordinary concept of adjournment); clarify that certain provisions relating to amended or re-enacted Acts apply to a provision that is re-enacted as a differently numbered provision; and clarify that an instrument may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating a matter contained in a version of a document that is no longer current at the time of its incorporation; the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  and

  Legislation Act 2003

  to clarify that an instrument may apply, adopt or incorporate the provisions of rules of court as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time; the

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to ensure that rules of the federal courts are not subject to the sunsetting framework; the

  Legislation Act 2003

  to: clarify that legislative instruments that have not been laid before Parliament are repealed (and therefore removed from the statute book) rather than simply ceasing to have effect; clarify when a 15 sitting day period commences after an instrument is laid before a House; clarify that references to ‘intergovernmental bodies or schemes’ include those involving the Commonwealth and one or more territories; clarify the interaction between the disallowance, tabling and automatic repeal provisions; broaden the scope of the Attorney-General’s discretion to issue certificates of deferral of sunsetting and declarations of alignment of sunsetting, and provide for greater parliamentary scrutiny of the exercise of these discretions; remove the time restriction on Parliament’s power to roll over the sunsetting date of a legislative instrument; provide that a review of the sunsetting framework will be conducted in 2027; clarify that a legislative or notifiable instrument can commence before the instrument is registered despite any rule or principle of common law; and clarify the limits of the First Parliamentary Counsel’s power to rectify an error on the Federal Register of Legislation and the application of the parliamentary scrutiny mechanisms to instruments that have been rectified under this power; and six Acts to make consequential and contingent amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Legislative Instruments (Technical Amendment) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Arising from the enactment of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  , the bill amends the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  to clarify the effect of the expression ‘by legislative instrument’. 

  Bill

• Legislative Instruments (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

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  Date

  26 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Legislative Instruments Bill 2003, the bill: makes consequential amendments to 20 Acts (including the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  ); applies the proposed

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to certain rules of court; and repeals the

  Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903

  . Also contains a limited retrospective regulation-making power and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Legislative Instruments Amendment (Sunsetting Measures) Bill 2012

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  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to: repeal spent and redundant instruments (including automatic repeal of certain instruments and bulk repeal of instruments by regulation); provide certainty about what instruments sunset and when they sunset, and provide staged sunsetting dates for instruments that were registered in bulk when the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments commenced in 2005; enable the Attorney-General to align sunsetting dates of related legislative instruments to enable thematic reviews to be conducted; and clarify the requirements for explanatory statements; and

  Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Legislative Instruments Amendment (Sunsetting) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to provide that legislative instruments remain in force for 10 years following registration (rather than commencement) on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum