Search all bills

TOTAL RESULTS: 92

• Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing portfolio 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to: increase the maximum quantity of new industrial chemicals that a manufacturer or importer can introduce under the Commercial Evaluation Permit system from 2 000 to 4 000 kilograms; align the renewal deadline for the registration of introducers of industrial chemicals with the expiry date of registration (i.e. 31 August); require notification of non-renewal by 31 August; abolish the urgent handling fee and establish late renewal penalties for renewals received after the renewal deadline; and remove fees and charges provisions from the Act so that they may be specified in regulations. Also contains application and saving provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Insurance and Aviation Liability Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959

  to correct a technical error in relation to the application of the definitions of “Australian citizen” and “Australian person” to charter operators;

  Damage by Aircraft Act 1999

  to exempt passive owners from liability for damage to third parties on the ground; and

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to allow for the exemption, by regulation, of third party aviation war risk insurance from the cancellation and variation provisions of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Taxation Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Establishes an independent statutory office of Inspector-General of Taxation to conduct reviews and advise the Minister in relation to tax administration systems. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  National Crime Authority Act 1984

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to: give legislative authority to protocols to amend an existing convention between Australia and Canada and an existing agreement between Australia and Malaysia in relation to double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on incomes; ensure that interest that is currently not taxable in Australia does not become so as a result of changes in the

  International Tax Agreements Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002

  to the convention between Australia and the United States of America in relation to double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on incomes; and make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industry, Tourism and Resources Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Ethnic Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  ACIS Administration Act 1999

  to clarify the use of duty credits earned under the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme;

  Bounty (Computers) Act 1984

  to replace a reference to the Standards Association of Australia with a reference to Standards Australia International Limited;

  Bounty (Ships) Act 1989

  to provide for progress payments of the research and development bounty;

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Legislation Amendment Act 2001

  to correct a drafting error;

  Pooled Development Funds Act 1992

  to correct a drafting oversight in relation to excluded superannuation funds;

  States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965

  to reflect changes in administrative arrangements; and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to correct a drafting oversight in relation to country of origin defences. Also repeals the

  Aluminium Industry Act 1960

  and

  Management and Investment Companies Act 1983

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Patents Act 1990

  ,

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  and

  Designs Act 1906

  to clarify that errors or omission by persons such as independent contractors, employed by the Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade Marks or Registrar of Designs, are encompassed by the existing extension of time provisions;

  Patents Act 1990

  in relation to disclosure of information to the Commissioner of Patents that is relevant to the patentability of an invention;

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to: amend the definition of “employee”; and remove the term “trade marks officer”; and

  Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Act 2000

  to correct a drafting error. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Criminal Court (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the International Criminal Court Bill 2002, the bill amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to enact the crimes punishable by the International Criminal Court as crimes in Australian law (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes). Also makes consequential amendments to 6 other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Criminal Court Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the International Criminal Court (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002, the bill enables Australia to comply with its international obligations on ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Import Processing Charges (Amendment and Repeal) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Continues the operation of the import processing charges imposed by the

  Import Processing Charges Act 1997

  after that Act is repealed until certain other provisions of the

  Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001

  are proclaimed, and during certain moratorium periods. Also amends the

  Import Processing Charges Act 2001

  to clarify the amount of self-assessed declaration charge that is payable in relation to reportable documents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to: give legislative authority to an agreement between Australia and the Russian Federation and a protocol to amend the existing convention between Australia and the United States of America, in relation to double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on incomes; and extend existing rules that exclude royalties taxable on a net basis under a tax treaty from the scope of the royalty withholding tax provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum