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• Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  , the bill amends: 201 Acts to make technical amendments; the

  Legislation Act 2003

  (or the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ) to clarify that rules of court are not legislative instruments; the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to clarify that provisions which set out the application of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to rules of the Family Court apply to those rules whether they are made under the

  Family Law Act 1975

  or another Act; and the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  ,

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  and

  Legislation Act 2003

  to: clarify the application of their requirements to administrative forms; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Defence Force Cover Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on or after 1 July 2016, the bill establishes the Australian Defence Force Cover Scheme (ADF Cover) to provide ADF members with death and invalidity cover consistent with the benefits provided to members of the current Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Defence Force Superannuation Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on or after 1 July 2016, the bill: establishes the Australian Defence Force Superannuation Scheme (ADF Super) as an accumulation (or defined contribution) scheme available to either permanent ADF members or reservists on continuous full-time service; and enables ADF members to choose which superannuation scheme they belong to and give those members the ability to transfer their accumulated ADF Super benefits to a fund of their choice when they leave the ADF. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Law and Justice (Omnibus Amendments) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  in relation to: notification of applications for review; non-disclosure of certain information; the method of giving documents or things for the purposes of proceedings; tribunal members’ powers to dismiss certain applications; and the reinstatement of withdrawn applications; the

  Bankruptcy Act 1996

  in relation to: confidentiality requirements relating to statements of affairs; removal of certain requirements to notify, and lodge requests with, the Official Receiver; imposition of time limits for certain applications; and removal of an obsolete reference; the

  Evidence Act 1995

  to make a drafting change; the

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to: provide arresters with the power to use reasonable force to enter premises to execute an arrest warrant; and remove an obsolete reference; the

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  in relation to: the jury empanelment process; the pre-trial process for indictable offences; and technical amendments; the

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  in relation to: enforcement of foreign arbitral awards; confidentiality provisions to arbitral proceedings; and technical amendments; and 10 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Superannuation and ADF Cover) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on or after 1 July 2016, the bill amends: 10 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Air Force Act 1923

  ,

  Defence Act 1903

  ,

  Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

  and

  Naval Defence Act 1910

  to remove the need for permanent ADF members to take part-time leave without pay if they wish to render flexible service; and the proposed

  Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2015 Budget Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to the Veterans’ Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme to: include medical management and psychosocial services in the scheme; and make changes to the intermediate and special rate disability pensions;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to provide for a single appeal path for the review of original determinations made under the Act; and

  Defence Act 1903

  to expand the war graves regulation making power to include graves of service dependants buried in Terendak Military Cemetery in Malaysia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Inter-State Voyages) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

  to provide that Australian ships that are used solely for inter-state voyages will no longer be regulated under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (Independent Complaints Arrangements) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to: transfer responsibility for the management and resolution of aged care complaints from the Secretary of the Department of Social Services to the Aged Care Commissioner; rename the Aged Care Commissioner to the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner; and make consequential amendments; and

  Australian Aged Care Quality Agency Act 2013

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Facilitates Australia’s membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by: providing authority and an appropriation for the payment of Australia’s capital contribution to the AIIB; enabling the minister to issue promissory notes to the AIIB; and enabling regulations to confer certain privileges and immunities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Banking Laws Amendment (Unclaimed Money) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Banking Act 1959

  and

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  to: extend to seven years the period before funds held by authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADI) and life insurance providers are treated as unclaimed moneys; and provide only authorised access to information on unclaimed moneys;

  Banking Act 1959

  to: exempt ADI accounts created for children and those that are held in a foreign currency from the unclaimed money provisions; remove the requirement for the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to publish details of unclaimed moneys in the Unclaimed Moneys Gazette; and expand the circumstances in which account holders can keep their ADI accounts active; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum