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  • Date
    16 Mar 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Transport and Regional Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Civil Aviation Act 1988
    to: empower the Governor-General to make regulations inconsistent with the
    Disability Discrimination Act 1992
    and
    Sex Discrimination Act 1984
    ; validate existing civil aviation and civil aviation safety regulations and past actions based on those regulations; ensure consistent references to aircraft registered overseas; and ensure that certain conditions for the grant of Air Operator’s Certificates (AOCs) have effect as ongoing conditions on the AOCs. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 Mar 2005 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Foreign Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972
    to allow for additional privileges and immunities to be granted on a reciprocal basis to consular officers representing overseas countries in Australia. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 Mar 2005 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to extend the operation of defences available in relation to certain telecommunications offences; and
    Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
    in relation to: exceptions to the general prohibition against the interception of communications; warrants in connection with the investigation of certain ancillary offences; statistical information for named-person warrants; additional information to be included in the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s annual report; use of intercepted information in civil forfeiture proceedings; and clarification of the meaning of the term “an employee of a carrier”. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    10 Mar 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to insert new offences in relation to: the use of a carriage service, including the Internet, to access, transmit or make available suicide related material; and the possession, production, supply or acquisition of such material for use through a carriage service. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    10 Mar 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: reflect changes in technology in the oil and gas exploration industries; reclassify paraquat dichloride with an added emetic as duty free; extend the operation of the South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Provisions) Scheme to 31 December 2011; amend the country codes for Poland and Wake Island; increase the rates of customs duty payable on certain US originating alcohol and tobacco products in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    08 Dec 2004 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    and
    Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
    to fulfil Australia’s obligations under United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children by criminalising all aspects of trafficking in persons by introducing a number of new and extended offences. Passage of this bill will permit Australian ratification of the Protocol. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    08 Dec 2004 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to prescribe commercial quantities for all illicit drugs currently covered by drug importation offences under the Act, for which a commercial quantity is not currently prescribed. Also contains application provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Nov 2004 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Copyright Act 1968
    in relation to Australia’s obligations under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement by: broadening and clarifying the scope of certain criminal offences; clarifying criminal and civil presumptions; narrowing the scope of the exception to the reproduction right; clarifying provisions that limit the remedies available against carriage service providers; and inserting a new offence relating to the unauthorised use of an encoded broadcast for commercial purposes; and contains application provisions. Also amends the
    US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004
    to place a time limit on the application of transitional provisions relating to the extension of the term of copyright protection. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    17 Nov 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
    to ensure the validity of classification decisions made by the Classification Board or the Classification Review Board in response to deficient or defective applications (i.e. applications that may not have met all the technical requirements of the Act) by law enforcement agencies. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    17 Nov 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2004 to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the bill amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to: incorporate new rules of origin for Thai goods for eligibility for preferential duty rates; and impose certain obligations on Australian exporters and Australian producers of goods who claim preferential tariff treatment in Thailand. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum