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• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  ), the bill amends the

  Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2014

  to: amend the short title of the Act to

  Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Customs) Act 2014

  ; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, as duties of customs, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed

  Biosecurity Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  ), the bill amends the

  Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2014

  to: amend the short title of the Act to

  Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Excise) Act 2014

  ; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, as duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed

  Biosecurity Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  ), the bill amends the

  Quarantine Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2014

  to: amend the short title of the Act to

  Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Act 2014

  ; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, so far as those charges are neither duties of customs nor duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed

  Biosecurity Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Collection) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill: provides for regulations to be made to deal with when quarantine charges are due and payable, and the liability of agents; provides that the Commonwealth may be notionally liable to pay quarantine charges and late payment fees; applies late payment fees and other penalties if quarantine charges are unpaid; provides that charges can be created over goods or vessels subject to quarantine; enables quarantine officers to withhold goods and vessels for sale when charges and fees are owing; enables abandoned goods and vessels to be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of; and provides for miscellaneous matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill imposes charges, as duties of customs, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill imposes charges, as duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—General) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill imposes charges, so far as those charges are neither duties of customs nor duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Amendment (Commission of Inquiry) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  to allow the minister to appoint a Commissioner to conduct a Commission of inquiry into the outbreak of equine influenza in Australia, and provides that relevant powers and protections in the

  Royal Commission Act 1902

  apply to the inquiry. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Archives Act 1983

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  . 

  Bill

• Quarantine Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  in relation to: Australia’s national emergency powers in the event of a major national animal disease; compensation for property destroyed and a new offence for commercial smuggling, with increased pecuniary penalties applicable to individuals and corporations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Amendment Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum