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27 Nov 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
- Summary
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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
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- Date
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27 Nov 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
- Summary
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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
.
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- Date
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27 Nov 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
- Summary
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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
.
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- Date
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06 Mar 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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06 Mar 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
- Summary
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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
.
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- Date
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06 Mar 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
- Summary
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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
.
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- Date
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06 Mar 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture
- Summary
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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
.
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- Date
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12 Sep 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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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
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14 Mar 2002
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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03 Dec 1998
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio
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