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• Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to enable certain employees with multiple employers to apply for an employer shortfall exemption certificate which prevents their employer from having a superannuation guarantee shortfall if they do not make contributions for a period;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to make consequential amendments;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to ensure that a superannuation entity's non-arm's length income includes income where expenditure in gaining or producing it was not an arm's length expense; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to ensure that, in certain circumstances involving limited recourse borrowing arrangements, the total value of a superannuation fund's assets is taken into account in working out individual members' total superannuation balances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Tax Integrity and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: remove a tax deduction which arises upon repayment of principal under a concessional loan by certain privatised entities;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: introduce a new additional basic condition in relation to partnerships for the small business capital gains tax concessions; and limit tax deductions for losses or outgoings incurred that relate to holding vacant land;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to extend to family trusts the anti-avoidance rules that apply to other closely held trusts that undertake circular trust distributions;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: allow taxation officers to disclose the business tax debt information of a taxpayer to credit reporting bureaus certain circumstances; and enable the Australian Taxation Office to develop and/or administer a framework or system for electronic invoicing; and

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to ensure that an individual’s salary sacrifice contributions cannot be used to reduce an employer’s minimum superannuation guarantee contributions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to create the Consumer Data Right to provide individuals and businesses with a right to access specified data in relation to them held by businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Further to the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Bill 2019 and Passenger Movement Charge Amendment (Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty) Bill 2019, the bill gives effect to tax arrangements required to implement the Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea (New York, 6 March 2018) by amending the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide ‘conditions equivalent’ to participants in transitioned petroleum activities affected by the treaty. Also makes consequential amendments to six Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation and Science 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Patents Act 1990

  to: introduce an objects clause; phase out the innovation patent system; replace the 'reasonable requirements of the public' test in relation to applications for a compulsory licence with a public interest test; provide that only the patentee of a dependent patent can seek a compulsory licence over the use of the original patent; provide for 'omnibus claims' in patent specifications to be removed at stages of consideration subsequent to examination; clarify the Commissioner of Patents' power to redact sensitive information from patent documents; remove the requirement to file a certificate of verification for documents translated into English, unless required by the regulations; clarify that Crown use can be invoked for the provision of a service that any Commonwealth, state or territory government has the primary responsibility for providing or funding; require governments to seek negotiated outcomes with patent owners before invoking Crown use; and require ministerial authorisation for invoking Crown use if a negotiated outcome is unsuccessful or in emergency situations;

  Designs Act 2003

  to modify provisions relating to Crown use consistently with the changes to the

  Patents Act 1990

  ; and

  Patents Act 1990

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to enable the Patent Office and Trade Mark Office to keep and use their official seal in electronic form when supplying electronic certified copies of documents to customers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  National Disability Insurance Scheme 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

  to: introduce new requirements for appointments to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency and the Independent Advisory Council; establish a 28-day requirement for consultations with host jurisdictions for certain matters that require consultation (with the ability for host jurisdictions to seek an extension for up to 90 days); and re-categorise certain National Disability Insurance Scheme rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation and Science 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019, the bill amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Act 2003

  to: enable the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to recover the costs of its oversight of well operations under greenhouse gas titles by imposing a well investigation levy, an annual well levy and a well activity levy in relation to greenhouse gas wells; impose the well activity levy on submission of a five-yearly revision of a well operations management plan and remove the levy imposed on applications for approval to commence well activities; clarify that it is a compliance investigation under the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  in relation to which a safety investigation levy or well investigation levy may be imposed; remove certain spent provisions; and remove references to specific titles of regulations, and instead enable references to the titles or provisions of regulations to be prescribed by regulations under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum