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• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (New South Wales Local Court) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Feb 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Consequential on the commencement of the

  Local Court and Bail Legislation Amendment Act 2025

  (NSW), the bill amends 15 Acts to ensure that jurisdiction and powers conferred on New South Wales magistrates by Commonwealth law can continue to be validly exercised by judges of the Local Court of New South Wales and that judges of the Local Court of New South Wales will not be able to exercise federal jurisdiction and powers beyond the intended scope of their office. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial institution supervisory levy framework, the bill amends the

  Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998

  to: increase the statutory upper limit on the life insurance supervisory levy to $10 million for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2020; and amend the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating a matter contained in a version of a document that is no longer current at the time of its incorporation; the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

• Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984

  to enable the Australian Government to enter into commercial oil stockholding contracts, also known as ticketing contracts, with either foreign or Australian entities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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 and Justice Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory Local Court) Bill 2016

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  Date

  03 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  , 16 other Acts and the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations to make technical and consequential amendments to ensure that jurisdiction and powers currently being exercised under Commonwealth legislation by Northern Territory Local Court Magistrates may continue to be validly exercised following commencement of the

  Local Court Act 2015

  (NT). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Labor 2013-14 Budget Savings (Measures No. 2) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: nine Acts to replace the student start-up scholarship with an income-contingent student start-up loan; and the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: remove the HECS-HELP up-front payment discount for units of study with a census date after 1 January 2017; and remove the HELP voluntary repayment bonus for repayments from 1 January 2017. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Powers) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  and

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  to: clarify the powers of Australian Crime Commission examiners to conduct examinations, and the Integrity Commissioner, supported by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, to conduct hearings; and authorise the use of derivative material obtained from an examination or hearing, and specify the circumstances in which examination, hearing and derivative material may be provided to a prosecutor. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Implements amendments to the Protocol of 1996 to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims by amending the

  Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act 1989

  to increase the liability limits for ship owners and salvors for maritime claims relating to ship-sourced damage. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Labor 2013-14 Budget Savings (Measures No. 1) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jul 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the tax-free threshold and second personal marginal tax rate; and

  Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the maximum value, withdrawal rate and threshold rate for the low-income tax offset. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum