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• Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Implements Australia’s obligations under the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships by prohibiting the use of harmful organotins in anti-fouling paints and establishing a mechanism to prevent the potential future use of other harmful substances in anti-fouling systems used on Australian ships or foreign ships that are in an Australian shipping facility. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Works Committee Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Works Committee Act 1969

  to: amend the definition of a “public work”; increase the threshold value at which projects must be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and provide for the threshold value to be varied by regulation; and make technical amendments to update and replace certain references. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Instalment Transfer Interest Charge Imposition) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Consequential on the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2006, the bill imposes as a tax the instalment transfer interest charge, a charge designed to recoup the time value of money associated with the transfer of exploration expenditure in working out a reduced quarterly instalment of petroleum resource rent tax that is subsequently reversed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Instalment Transfer Interest Charge Imposition) Bill 2006, the bill amends the:

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to: require petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) taxpayers to transfer and deduct transferable exploration expenditure when calculating their quarterly PRRT; allow internal corporate restructuring within company groups to occur without losing the ability to transfer exploration expenditure; allow the present value of certain expected future expenditures to close down a petroleum project to be deductible against the PRRT receipts of the project; allow deductibility for fringe benefits tax for PRRT purposes; introduce a transfer notice requirement for vendors disposing of an interest in a petroleum project; extend the lodgment period for PRRT annual returns; and make minor technical amendments; and

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to apply the self assessment regime to PRRT. Also makes a consequential amendment to the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002

  to: enable monies equal to the amounts received through emergency plant pest response levies and charges imposed on plant products to be appropriated out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and paid to Plant Health Australia (PHA); and authorise PHA to administer these amounts on behalf of plant industry members. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of the government’s petroleum reform package in relation to the retail petroleum industry, the bill repeals the

  Petroleum Retail Marketing Franchise Act 1980

  and

  Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Act 1980

  on 1 March 2007, which will occur concurrently with the introduction of a mandatory industry code to regulate the industry; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981

  which gives effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969 by enabling the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to intervene in the event of any threat of pollution from a ship in Australian waters or on the high seas. The bill gives effect to national maritime emergency response arrangements agreed between the Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory governments, enabling the Commonwealth to undertake the role of national coordinator and decision-maker in responding to an actual or potential pollution incident. Also makes a technical amendment to the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to repeal a section redundant as a consequence of the amendments to the

  Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Aug 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act 1981

  to remove the maximum levy rate, enabling prescription of an appropriate levy rate through regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Payment Systems (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

  to provide for an exemption to ensure that financial institutions do not contravene competition provisions contained in Part IV of the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  when complying with the Reserve Bank’s standards for credit card interchange fees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Amendment (Rice) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to: increase the maximum allowable rice research and development levy rate from $2 to $3 per tonne; and allow the rates to be set and leviable rice varieties to be declared in regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum