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• Farm Household Support (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Farm Household Support Bill 2014, the bill: repeals the

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  ; and makes consequential and contingent amendments to 10 Acts and two proposed Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Farm Household Support (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2014, the bill replaces the Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment by providing for up to three years of financial assistance (the Farm Household Allowance) for eligible farmers and their partners in financial hardship without the need for a climatic trigger. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Qantas Sale Act 1992

  to: remove mandatory requirements in Qantas’ articles of association which include limits on the issue and ownership of Qantas shares, restrictions on the makeup of the board of directors, the use of the name Qantas, the location of the head office, place of incorporation and principle place of business; and remove compliance and enforcement measures relating to the mandatory requirements; and

  Air Navigation Act 1920

  and

  Qantas Sale Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Collection) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill: provides for regulations to be made to deal with when quarantine charges are due and payable, and the liability of agents; provides that the Commonwealth may be notionally liable to pay quarantine charges and late payment fees; applies late payment fees and other penalties if quarantine charges are unpaid; provides that charges can be created over goods or vessels subject to quarantine; enables quarantine officers to withhold goods and vessels for sale when charges and fees are owing; enables abandoned goods and vessels to be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of; and provides for miscellaneous matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill imposes charges, as duties of customs, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill imposes charges, as duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Charges (Imposition—General) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to the recovery of costs for biosecurity and quarantine services, the bill imposes charges, so far as those charges are neither duties of customs nor duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Bill 2014

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  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: prevent the expiry of active constituent approvals and prevent the application of dates after which a registration cannot be renewed; remove the requirement for applications to be made to re-approve active constituents or re-register chemical products; enable the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) to require information to be provided about substances supplied as a chemical product; simplify how variations to approvals and registrations are processed by APVMA; and enable APVMA to charge a fee when it provides copies of documents in its possession; and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  ,

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994

  ,

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2013

  and

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Amending Acts 1901 to 1969 Repeal Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Repeals 1120 amending and repeal Acts enacted from 1901 to 1969. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  to: enable certain content (including online and mobile device content) to be classified using classification tools; enable the secretary (or their delegate) to notify law enforcement authorities about certain content without first having the content classified; establish additional exempt film categories for certain films covering natural history and the social sciences; provide that publishers will no longer be able to apply for exemption certificates for unclassified films or computer games; provide for exemptions for unclassified content to be screened at festivals, special events and by cultural institutions; remove the need to have classified content reclassified when certain modifications are made to the content; enable the minister to determine display and consumer advice requirements for classified content; and make technical amendments; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum