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Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 4) 2012

Introduced into the House of Representatives on 29 November 2012
Portfolio: Finance and Deregulation

1.1        This bill proposes to amend five Acts to:

• make a name change to the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines;
• provide the Director of National Parks greater autonomy to enter contracts of a higher amount;
• to make a new appropriation to make remissions or refunds of certain levies, including those relating to synthetic greenhouse gas management equipment;
• to establish a new framework for dealing with payments under the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973; and
• to update labels to make them gender neutral.

Compatibility with human rights

1.2        The bill is accompanied by a brief statement of compatibility which states that the amendments proposed by the bill ‘do not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms’, ‘do not limit any human rights, nor propose any offences or penalties’ and ‘is therefore compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared’ in the relevant human rights treaties.

1.3                 The committee considers that the bill does not appear to give rise to any human rights issues

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