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• Australian Heritage Council Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Heritage Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2002 and in conjunction with the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002, the bill: replaces the Australian Heritage Commission by establishing the Australian Heritage Council which will provide advice on the identification, conservation and protection of places on the National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List; and provides for the functions, composition and conduct of meetings of the Australian Heritage Council. Also includes a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Heritage Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Heritage Council Bill 2002, the bill: repeals the

  Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975

  ; and amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to remove a reference to the

  Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975

  . Also makes consequential amendments to 5 other Acts and provides for transitional arrangements for the transition from the Australian Heritage Commission to the Australian Heritage Council, including a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Grape and Wine Authority Amendment (Wine Australia) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act 2013

  to: enable the Australian Grape and Wine Authority to implement, facilitate and administer programs for cider and in relation to international wine tourism, and to administer grant programs for wine; change the authority’s name to Wine Australia; and amend the short title of the Act to the

  Wine Australia Act 2013

  ; and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  ,

  Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

  ,

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  and

  Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Film Commission Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Film Commission Act 1975

  to facilitate the integration of ScreenSound Australia and the Australian Film Commission (AFC) by: transferring administrative responsibility for ScreenSound to the AFC; transferring relevant Commonwealth assets, liabilities, contractual rights and obligations, and records to the AFC; providing the AFC with the power to employ staff under the

  Public Service Act 1999

  ; and making consequential changes to the administrative structure of the AFC. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Federal Police Legislation Amendment Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Federal Police and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to complete the integration of the Australian Protective Service into the Australian Federal Police (AFP); and

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  and

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable the AFP to investigate State offences which have a federal aspect. Also makes consequential amendments to 11 other Acts, repeals the

  Australian Protective Service Act 1987

  and contains transitional and application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Bill 2004 and in accordance with the intergovernmental Australian Energy Market Agreement, the bill applies the National Electricity Law, the National Electricity Code and other Rules and regulations, as Commonwealth law in offshore areas, to complement their application by the States and the Australian Capital Territory. Also allows regulations to prescribe further State and Territory energy laws to be applied in the offshore areas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Establishes a national regime for the regulation of non-economic distribution and retail regulation of gas and electricity by amending the:

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  to: apply the National Energy Retail Law and the National Energy Retail Regulations in Australia’s offshore areas; and provide that the Australian Energy Regulator, the Australian Energy Market Commission, the Australian Competition Tribunal and the minister undertake a range of functions and powers to regulate the energy retail regime;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to provide that decisions made under the regime are subject to judicial review; and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (Minor Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  ,

  Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Act 2007

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to correct the year of enactment of South Australian and Western Australian gas legislation from 2007 to 2008. The amended legislation underpins the new national regime for the regulation of access to natural gas pipelines. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Energy Market Amendment (Gas Legislation) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Energy Market Act 2004

  to provide for a national regime in relation to gas pipeline infrastructure, including national regulatory and rule-making bodies (the Australian Energy Regulator and the Australian Energy Market Commission, respectively); and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to provide for judicial review of decisions under the new national gas regime. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  ,

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  ,

  Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

  and

  Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Act 2006

  and repeals the

  Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Act 1998

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum