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• Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to permit the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to apply for a search warrant without issuing a notice to produce the material sought;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require persons to state the purpose for which they require a copy of a register of members of a company or registered scheme; provide that a register maintained on a computer should be inspected on a computer; enable the regulations to prescribe the formats in which a copy of a register should be provided; provide that an unsolicited offer made to purchase financial products off-market must remain open for at least one month from the date of offer; and increase the maximum penalties for insider trading and market manipulation offences; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to enable an interception agency to apply for telecommunications interception warrants when investigating insider trading and market manipulation offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to reverse the effect of the High Court decision in

  Sons of Gwalia Ltd v Margaretic

  (2007) 232 ALR 232, relating to the rights of persons bringing claims for damages in relation to shareholdings. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to permit the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to apply for a search warrant without issuing a notice to produce the material sought;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require persons to state the purpose for which they require a copy of a register of members of a company or registered scheme; provide that a register maintained on a computer should be inspected on a computer; enable the regulations to prescribe the formats in which a copy of a register should be provided; provide that an unsolicited offer made to purchase financial products off-market must remain open for at least one month from the date of offer; and increase the maximum penalties for insider trading and market manipulation offences; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to enable an interception agency to apply for telecommunications interception warrants when investigating insider trading and market manipulation offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in relation to the: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) consideration of acquisitions in local markets (including creeping acquisitions); ACCC’S consideration of multiple markets when assessing mergers; and reform of the prohibition on anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions; and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and proposed

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  , in response to recommendations of the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, to: insert a statement of interpretative principles into the unconscionable conduct provisions; and provide that the statutory concept of unconscionable conduct is consistently applied to both consumers and businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Bill 2010, the bill amends the

  Corporations (Fees) Act 2001

  to enable the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to impose fees on market licensees in relation to its market supervisory functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2010, the bill amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require Australian market licensees to monitor and enforce compliance with market operating rules; require the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to supervise domestic Australian market licensees; and enable ASIC to make and enforce market integrity rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  consequent on the proposed

  Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Act 2010

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) fuel credits, the bill establishes a CPRS fuel credits program to provide transitional assistance to eligible businesses and gaseous fuels suppliers to offset the impact of the scheme emissions unit charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  consequent on the proposed

  Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Act 2009

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) fuel credits, the bill establishes a CPRS fuel credits program to provide transitional assistance to eligible businesses and gaseous fuels suppliers to offset the impact of the scheme emissions unit charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum