Biosecurity Bill 2014

Type: Government
Portfolio: Agriculture
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 44

Summary

Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the Quarantine Act 1908) to: manage biosecurity risks, the risk of contagion of a listed human disease, the risk of listed human diseases entering Australian territory, risks related to ballast water, biosecurity emergencies and human biosecurity emergencies; and give effect to Australia’s international rights and obligations, including the International Health Regulations 2005, the World Trade Organization Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and the Convention on Biological Diversity 1992.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	27 Nov 2014
Second reading moved	27 Nov 2014
Second reading debate	09 Feb 2015
Second reading agreed to	09 Feb 2015
Third reading agreed to	09 Feb 2015

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	10 Feb 2015
Second reading moved	10 Feb 2015
Second reading debate	18 Mar 2015
Second reading debate	11 May 2015
Second reading agreed to	12 May 2015
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 8 Government agreed to	12 May 2015
Committee of the Whole debate	13 May 2015
Third reading agreed to	13 May 2015

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendments	14 May 2015


Finally passed both Houses	14 May 2015
Assent Act no: 61 Year: 2015	16 Jun 2015

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Addendum to explanatory memorandum

Explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate

Australian Greens [sheet 7676]
SIEWERT, Sen Rachel

Government [sheet ES125]

Opposition [sheet 7671]
CAMERON, Sen Doug

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (27/11/2014): Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Committee report (17/03/2015)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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