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• Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WONG, Sen Penny 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to change the membership, powers and functions of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS); and

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  in relation to the provision of certain reports to the PJCIS. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passports Legislation Amendment (Integrity) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Australian Passports Act 2005

  and

  Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005

  to: ensure that the minister retains the power to issue a person with a travel-related document to facilitate a lawful requirement for a person to travel; provide more certainty as to who is required to consent to a child passport; provide that the minister may refuse to process a passport application if there are reasonable grounds to suspect fraud or dishonesty in the application; and amend and add offences; and 12 Acts to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the

  Australian Passports (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2005

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Insurer Levy) Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to create a regime for the prudential regulation of private health insurers, the bill amends the

  Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Insurer Levy) Act 2003

  to provide for the transfer of responsibility for the administration and collection of the collapsed insurer levy from the Private Health Insurance Administration Council and the Health Minister to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Treasurer. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009

  to: enable the National Joint Replacement Register (NJRR) levy to be imposed on the recording on the NJRR of the provision of a joint replacement prosthesis, rather than for being a sponsor of a joint replacement prosthesis; set a cap of $5000 on the amount of NJRR levy payable for a financial year by a sponsor; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to create a regime for the prudential regulation of private health insurers, the bill amends: the

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  to establish a new special account to administer the collapsed insurer levy; the

  Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies Collection Act 1998

  to provide for the collection of the private health insurer supervisory levy and the collapsed insurer levy; the

  Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001

  to provide for the collection of data from private health insurers by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA); the

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to provide for matters relating to the secrecy and sharing of information concerning private health insurers; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. Also: repeals the

  Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003

  ; and provides for transitional arrangements, including the transfer of the Private Health Insurance Administration Council’s staff, assets, liabilities and records to APRA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to create a regime for the prudential regulation of private health insurers, the bill: transfers the prudential supervisory functions from the Private Health Insurance Administration Council to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA); provides for the registration of private health insurers and prohibits unregistered entities from carrying on a health related business; requires private health insurers to have health benefit funds; provides that APRA approves restructures, mergers, acquisitions and terminations of health benefit funds; empowers APRA to appoint an external manager of a health benefit fund; outlines duties and liabilities of directors; enables APRA to establish prudential standards and to exercise powers under the standards; outlines obligations of private health insurers; provides for the monitoring and investigation of private health insurers; provides that APRA can obtain an enforceable undertaking from a person in connection with a matter in relation to which APRA has a power or function; provides that APRA may seek remedies for a contravention of an enforceable obligation; provides for the Administrative Review Tribunal to review decisions made by APRA; and sets out matters in relation to approvals, determinations and rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to create a regime for the prudential regulation of private health insurers, the bill amends the

  Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Act 2003

  to provide that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority determines and administers the risk equalisation levy imposed on bodies registered as private health insurers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to create a regime for the prudential regulation of private health insurers, the bill provides for the imposition of an annual supervisory levy (from the 2016-17 financial year) on bodies registered as private health insurers to recover the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s costs incurred in regulating that industry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure 

  Summary

  Part of a package of eight bills to reform the legal and governance framework for Norfolk Island, the bill amends the

  Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Act 2003

  to extend the risk equalisation levy on private health insurers to Norfolk Island. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  (PGPA Act) to: remove ambiguities in relation to governance arrangements; support the administration of goods and services tax obligations by non-corporate Commonwealth entities; clarify provisions in relation to reporting periods and the description of corporate plans; and streamline the administration of the transfer of functions between non-corporate Commonwealth entities; the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014

  to further clarify arrangements in relation to the implementation of the resource management framework under the PGPA Act; the

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  to: provide that the Clean Energy Regulator and the Climate Change Authority are not bodies corporate and do not have a separate legal identity from the Commonwealth; and list the relevant roles, membership, functions and powers of each entity for the purposes of the PGPA Act; 22 Acts to make consequential amendments; and 11 Acts in relation to various Commonwealth entities to clarify obligations, roles and responsibilities, and financial arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum