Second Reading Speeches

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2021

Type
Government
Portfolio
Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001
to: implement certain recommendations of the
Independent Review of the Sydney Harbour Federal Trust
by enabling the Harbour Trust to operate as an ongoing entity, amending processes relating to the appointment of members, increasing the threshold for ministerial approval of contracts to $5 million and providing for indexation of the threshold amount, and amending the processes for entering into long-term leases or licences; extend the existing regulation-making powers; establish compliance and enforcement powers; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021
.

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