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  • Consumer Credit Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Bill 2012

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    Date
    21 Sep 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
    to: enable certain debtors to seek a credit contract variation; provide for a remedy for unfair or dishonest conduct by credit service providers; restrict the use of particular phrases or words; expand the range of remedies available to consumers; provide the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with standing to apply to court for an order regardless of whether a civil remedy is available under another provision; and make amendments in relation to: reverse mortgage contracts; short-term and small amount credit contracts; tiered caps on costs for credit contracts; and consumer leases. Also amends the:
    National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
    to make application provisions; and
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Fees) Bill 2011

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    Date
    21 Jun 2011 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    XENOPHON, Sen Nick 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
    to provide that: credit fees or charges relating to credit contracts must be reasonable; and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission may apply for a court order to annul or reduce a credit fee or charge it determines not to be reasonable; and
    Banking Act 1959
    to require the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to prohibit banks with a market share of more than 10 per cent from imposing early termination fees in relation to loan agreements or mortgage contracts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Convention on Climate Change (Implementation) Bill 1999 [2002]

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    Date
    02 Sep 1999 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BROWN, Sen Bob 
    Summary
    Implements Australia’s obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol by: establishing the Greenhouse Office; and providing for Greenhouse Impact Assessments and Industry Greenhouse Plans. 

    Bill

  • Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services Bill 2009

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    Date
    27 May 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    The bill: creates the statutory position of Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services to coordinate the Remote Service Delivery Strategy; and provides for: the functions and general powers of the position; terms and conditions and staffing support; and regular and annual reporting requirements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Copyright Amendment (Computer Programs) Bill 1999

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    Date
    21 Apr 1999 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 2000

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    Date
    29 Sep 1999 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill 2017

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    Date
    22 Mar 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Communications 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Copyright Act 1968
    to: replace the exception for persons with a disability and others acting on their behalf with a fair dealing exception; replace the current statutory licences for institutions assisting persons with a print or intellectual disability with a single exception; harmonise and modernise the preservation exceptions for copyright material in libraries, archives and key cultural institutions; consolidate and simplify the statutory licences that allow educational institutions to use works and broadcasts; allow copyright material to be incorporated into educational assessments conducted online; set new standard terms of protection for published and unpublished materials and for Crown copyright in original materials; and update references to ministers and preconditions for making regulations extending or restricting the operation of the Act in relation to foreign countries. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Copyright Amendment (Film Directors' Rights) Bill 2005

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    Date
    17 Mar 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Copyright Act 1968
    to provide rights to directors to share, as copyright owners, in remuneration for the retransmission of films included in free-to-air broadcasts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Copyright Amendment (Importation of Sound Recordings) Bill 1999 [2001]

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    Date
    26 May 1999 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Bill 2000

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    Date
    08 Dec 1999 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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