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• Customs Legislation Amendment (Application of International Trade Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Import Processing Charges (Amendment and Repeal) Amendment Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  ,

  Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002

  ,

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

  ,

  Import Processing Charges (Amendment and Repeal) Act 2002

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to: make transitional arrangements for the handling of imports during the transition between the Customs legacy electronic systems and the new Integrated Cargo System; clarify the operation of the legislation that implements Customs international trade modernisation, particularly in relation to self-assessed clearance declarations; enhance Customs border controls in relation to certain restricted goods such as firearms; and clarify cargo reporting requirements, calculation of customs duties on certain alcoholic beverages, record retention obligations, certain maritime powers, impoundment provisions and charges payable for in-transit cargo reports. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Hamas and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Nov 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to allow the Hamas’ military wing (Izz al-Din al Qassam Brigades) and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba to be listed as terrorist organisations in regulations, provided the statutory criteria for listing are met. Also provides for the listings to operate retrospectively from the date of the public announcement of the Government’s intention to list the organisations in regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes (Overseas) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964

  to: extend the criminal law of the Jervis Bay Territory to Australians who are working in a foreign country in certain circumstances; make a technical amendment to the current application of Australian criminal jurisdiction to persons to whom the Act applies by applying the substantive criminal law of the Jervis Bay Territory extraterritorially. Also contains a power to make regulations with a limited retrospective application; and application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  ,

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to enhance the security of Australia’s telecommunications services and networks and to improve existing arrangements in relation to call data disclosure and interception services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (ACIS) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the ACIS Administration Amendment Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to reduce customs duty rates for new and used passenger motor vehicles and certain components from 10 per cent to 5 per cent, from 1 January 2010. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  in relation to exemptions from HDTV obligations in solus television markets;

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  in relation to: introduction of a third service in two-service television markets which overlap with a remote licence area; and delegation of power to approve variations to approved digital broadcasting implementation plans for national broadcasters;

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  in relation to transmission of datacasting services; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to provide for a penalty in lieu of prosecution scheme for certain offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Hizballah) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to allow the Hizballah External Security Organisation to be listed as a terrorist organisation in regulations, provided the statutory criteria for listing are met. Also provides for the listing to operate retrospectively from the date of the public announcement of the Government’s intention to list the organisation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Criminal Code Amendment (Hizballah) Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: remove the requirement that there be a relevant United Nations Security Council decision in place before an organisation can be listed in regulations as a terrorist organisation; provide for the Minister to “de-list” an organisation when appropriate; and provide for review of listing regulations and the proposed listing provisions by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: impose additional customs duty on fuel ethanol equivalent to that applying to petroleum, with effect from 18 September 2002. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to introduce rules for determining whether goods originate in Least Developed Countries, East Timor (a developing country) or Singapore (for the purposes of a free trade agreement), which will enable such goods to have duty-free access to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum