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• Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Consequential on the Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to enable the Chief Executive Officer to revoke approximately 700 tariff concession orders (TCOs) and to replace them with approximately 1200 new TCOs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to implement changes resulting from the third review of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 4 bills to replace the current system of fuel tax concessions with a single fuel tax credit system from 1 July 2006, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: strengthen customs control over certain imported goods that are used in the manufacture of excisable goods; repeal the customs-related provisions of the fuel penalty surcharge legislation; and replicate certain provisions of the

  Spirits Act 1906

  which is to be repealed by the proposed Excise Laws Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 4 bills to replace the current system of fuel tax concessions with a single fuel tax credit system from 1 July 2006, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to strengthen customs control over certain goods that are used in the manufacture of excisable goods and to ensure that certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products are subject to the same duty, when imported, as is applied under the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  for equivalent products manufactured or produced in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Child Support Legislation Amendment (Reform of the Child Support Scheme—Initial Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  to: increase and index the minimum annual child support payment; provide for a new method of assessing a parent’s capacity to earn; and reduce the cap on adjusted income for child support assessment purposes and make a consequential amendment to the proposed

  Child Support Legislation Amendment Act 2006

  ;

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to increase the limit on prescribed non-agency payments from 25 to 30 per cent; and

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to address a constitutional issue with the application of the Child Support Scheme to exnuptial children in Western Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Border Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  in relation to: disposal of dangerous goods; access of security identification card holders to section 234AA places, ships, aircrafts and wharves; minor corrections to provisions implementing the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement; provision of updated information in respect of security identification cards to Customs; implementation of an Accredited Client Program; and protection from criminal responsibility for Customs officers handling narcotic goods in the course of duty and others acting under instructions from Customs officers; and

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003

  in relation to issue of seizure warrants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Cancer Australia Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Establishes Cancer Australia as a new statutory agency in relation to coordination of cancer control, cancer treatment and management, cancer research and implementation of cancer policies and priorities. Also provides for the terms of appointment and roles of the Chief Executive Officer, support staff and the Cancer Australia Advisory Council. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Census Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Archives Act 1983

  and

  Census and Statistics Act 1905

  to ensure that name-identified census information collected in all future censuses, from households which provide explicit consent, will be stored and preserved by the National Archives of Australia for release after a closed access period of 99 years; and

  Census and Statistics Act 1905

  to: make technical amendments as a consequence of the commencement of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and harmonise criminal offence provisions with those contained in the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Mutual Recognition with New Zealand) Bill 2005 [2006]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  and

  Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959

  to permit the mutual recognition of certain aviation-related safety certification between Australia and New Zealand. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Replaces the

  Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976

  in relation to the incorporation and regulation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations and establishing the Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum