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29 Sep 2010
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Senate
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
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Amends the
National Measurement Act 1960
to: narrow the circumstances in which some offence provisions may apply; provide for a new offence about letting for hire or loan unverified measuring instruments; replace monetary penalties with penalty units; provide for the Chief Metrologist to determine various technical standards and procedures; and make minor and technical amendments.
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12 May 2010
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the
National Health Act 1953
to enable the minister to establish a scheme to provide for payments to eligible persons as a contribution towards the costs of purchasing products that help manage incontinence.
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10 Feb 2010
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Amends the
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
to: recognise certain variations to the scope of the amendment power which some states make in referral legislation; and enable a state to adopt the national credit legislation and refer an agreed amendment power.
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19 Nov 2009
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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In response to a recommendation of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee report on the AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009, the bill amends the
National Health Security Act 2007
to enable the minister to require background checks of individuals who handle or dispose of security sensitive biological agents to be conducted by AusCheck.
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25 Jun 2009
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Part of a package of three bills to implement a national consumer credit regime, the bill imposes fees, for chargeable matters, collected by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
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25 Jun 2009
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Part of a package of three bills to implement a national consumer credit regime, the bill: provides for matters resulting from the transition to the new regime including the treatment of credit contracts, mortgages, guarantees, consumer leases, court proceedings and orders, and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) role to bring or continue appeal, review or enforcement proceedings; and requires persons currently engaged in credit activities to register with ASIC prior to applying for an Australian Credit Licence. Also makes consequential amendments to the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
and Corporations Act 2001
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- Date
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25 Jun 2009
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Part of a package of three bills to implement a national consumer credit regime, the bill: establishes a licensing regime for persons who engage in credit activities through an Australian Credit Licence to be administered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; applies conduct obligations on licensees; establishes a civil penalty and consumer remedy framework; and provides consumer access to a three-tiered dispute resolution process for credit issues.
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24 Jun 2009
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the
National Health Security Act 2007
to: enable the minister to suspend certain existing regulatory requirements and specify new conditions to ensure adequate controls are maintained in the event of a security sensitive biological agent (SSBA) outbreak; establish controls relating to the handling of biological agents suspected of being SSBAs; provide for additional search and seizure powers; require registered entities to report certain existing reportable events to state or territory police; require registered entities to lodge nil annual and biannual reports; enable the secretary to cancel registration of an entity no longer handling SSBAs; and amend the definition of ‘biological agent’.
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13 May 2009
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- Summary
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Amends the
AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005
to: replace references to ‘AusLink’ with ‘Nation Building Program’; clarify funding for off-network projects and off-network projects in regional areas; enable the minister to specify funding conditions in certain documents from time to time; enable the minister to grant certain funding recipients an exemption for calling for public tenders; extend the types of projects that can receive funding as Nation Building Program Black Spot Projects; and enable the minister to increase monies payable to organisations on the Nation Building Program Roads to Recovery List. Also contains a transitional regulation making power.
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12 May 2009
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance and Deregulation
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Amends the
Nation-building Funds Act 2008
to redirect $2.5 billion from the Education Investment Fund to the Clean Energy Initiative.
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