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• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Marking of Plastic Explosives) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Gives effect to Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection by amending the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert new offences in relation to trafficking in, manufacturing, possessing, importing and exporting unmarked plastic explosives;

  Customs Act 1901

  to provide Customs officers with appropriate powers to regulate, investigate, search and seize unmarked plastic explosives; and six other Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [2011]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: insert three identity crime offences in relation to identification information; and allow a victim of identity crime to obtain a certificate which may assist in re-establishing their credit history;

  Crimes Act 1914

  in relation to the administration of justice offences and makes consequential amendments to eight other Acts;

  Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983

  to: allow for the delegation of functions and powers to facilitate joint trial arrangements; and provide legal immunity for persons carrying out functions and duties under the Act;

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  in relation to certain written notices and the disclosure of sensitive information held by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre;

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to: enable the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to use alcohol screening as a preliminary test for all random, targeted investigation and certain incident alcohol testing; and allow the Commissioner to confer awards on other AFP employees; and Judiciary Act 1903 to repeal redundant provisions in relation to eligibility to practice law in the territories. Also makes miscellaneous amendments to the

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  ,

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

  to: establish the Cross Border Justice Scheme to enable judicial officers, police and other officials to deal with offenders from any of the participating jurisdictions (Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory); and clarify that prisoners may give evidence by audio or video link when subpoenaed to give evidence in interstate court or tribunal proceedings; and

  Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994

  to expand the range of proceedings covered by the scheme established between Australia and New Zealand for the service of subpoenas between the two jurisdictions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Lands Acquisition Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Lands Acquisition Act 1989

  to: allow states and territories to administer exploration and/or mining on Commonwealth land through regulations that incorporate or adopt state/territory mining legislation; provide for a penalty regime for breaches of the regulations; enable the minister to make offers of compensation to interest holders without a claim being made; and remove the requirement for commercial acquisitions in the market of an interest in land to be tabled in Parliament. Also repeals the

  Lands Acquisition (Defence) Act 1968

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Land Transport Infrastructure Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Act 2009

  to: amend the short title of the Act; enable the Roads to Recovery Programme to continue past June 2014; combine provisions of the Act relating to national projects and off-network projects; enable funding of research and investigations of transport development and innovation projects funded under the Act; and enable certain partnership and non-corporate Commonwealth entities to be eligible for funding; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the

  Australian Land Transport Development Act 1988

  ,

  Railway Standardization (New South Wales and Victoria) Agreement Act 1958

  and

  Roads to Recovery Act 2000

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2001 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Labor 2013-14 Budget Savings (Measures No. 2) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: nine Acts to replace the student start-up scholarship with an income-contingent student start-up loan; and the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: remove the HECS-HELP up-front payment discount for units of study with a census date after 1 January 2017; and remove the HELP voluntary repayment bonus for repayments from 1 January 2017. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Labor 2013-14 Budget Savings (Measures No. 1) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jul 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the tax-free threshold and second personal marginal tax rate; and

  Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the maximum value, withdrawal rate and threshold rate for the low-income tax offset. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates Service Legislation Amendment Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum