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• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Per-tonne Carbon Price Equivalent) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995

  to provide that the per-tonne carbon price equivalent applied to the manufacture of synthetic greenhouse gases is consistent with the compliance costs of liable entities under the carbon pricing mechanism with linking arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personal Liability for Corporate Fault Reform Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Implements the Council of Australian Governments’ directors’ liability reform by amending: the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: remove the personal criminal liability of company secretaries for certain offences and replace it with a civil liability; and impose a penalty for a breach of the civil liability; the

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to provide that only an officer of a corporation who authorised or permitted the commission of an offence by that corporation is personally liable for the breach; the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to remove the personal criminal liability on company officers of the proprietor of a private hospital who wilfully authorises or permits the bribery of a medical practitioner, midwife or nurse by their corporation, where the officer has not personally been responsible for the offence; the

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  to limit the circumstances when executive officers including directors can be personally liable for certain offences of the company; the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: remove the personal liability of executive officers for certain offences of a body corporate; and remove the automatic application of derivative liability; and 10 other Acts to align them with the principles and guidelines for the imposition of personal criminal liability for corporate fault. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation Laws Amendment (Capital Gains Tax Relief and Other Efficiency Measures) Bill 2012, the bill imposes fees on certain matters to recover the costs of establishing the self-managed superannuation fund auditor registration regime. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Laws Amendment (Capital Gains Tax Relief and Other Efficiency Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Bill 2012, the bill amends: the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 6) Act 2010

  to reinstate the temporary loss relief for merging superannuation funds with certain modifications; the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to introduce a registration regime for auditors of self-managed superannuation funds; the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to expand the information required to be reported by superannuation providers to the Commissioner of Taxation; the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

  to facilitate the electronic transmission of payments and associated information between certain funds, schemes and providers by providing for a register to be kept by the Commissioner of Taxation; and five Acts to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Further MySuper and Transparency Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: require registrable superannuation entities to elect not to charge commissions in respect of amounts held in a MySuper product; make rules governing the charging for financial advice including intrafund advice and the general fee rules to apply to regulated superannuation funds and approved deposit funds; require trustees to transfer certain existing balances of members to MySuper; and require trustees to obtain authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to operate an eligible rollover fund;

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: require trustees to provide minimum levels of life and total and permanent disability insurance to members on an opt-out basis; and allow exceptions from MySuper for members of defined benefit funds;

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: expand the coverage of APRA’s data collection; enable the publication of MySuper product data; and require certain information to be published;

  Fair Work Act 2009

  ,

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to allow only funds that offer a MySuper product and exempt public sector superannuation schemes to be eligible as default funds in modern awards and enterprise agreements; and

  Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

  ,

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 5) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: expand the application of the conservation tillage refundable tax offset by providing that an eligible no-till seeder can comprise just the tool, or the combination of the cart and the tool; phase out the mature age worker tax offset from 1 July 2012 for taxpayers born on or after 1 July 1957; and include The Diamond Jubilee Trust Australia in the list of deductible gift recipients; and

  A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

  to: provide that a wine producer will not be entitled to the wine equalisation tax producer rebate on other wine they use in manufacture, except where the producer of the other wine notifies the subsequent producer; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Derivative Transactions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: enable the minister to prescribe a certain class of derivatives (in relation to a mandatory obligation); require the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to then issue a derivatives transaction rule for participants transacting in the prescribed class of derivatives; require any such rule to be consented to by the minister; and introduce a licensing regime for trade repositories; and

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Mutual Assistance in Business Regulation Act 1992

  and

  Reserve Bank Act 1959

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dental Benefits Act 2008

  to: establish a framework for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule to extend eligibility for subsidised dental care to children at least two years of age but under 18 years of age from 1 January 2014; and enable different monetary caps to apply to different groups of persons or different groups of services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Maximum Payment Amounts and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: update indexed amounts for Other Grants and Commonwealth Scholarships; add the 2016 funding year; enable the minister to determine maximum payment amounts for Other Grants and Commonwealth Scholarships by legislative instrument from 2013; and enable wider disclosure of information to the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, the National VET Regulator and to the staff of state and territory agencies, higher education providers, VET providers and bodies or associations determined by the minister; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to: apply indexation adjustments for existing schemes for the financial years starting 1 July 2012, 2013 and 2014; and set an additional funding cap for the financial year starting 1 July 2015. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to: increase the tier structure for annual registration charges from three to four; decrease the threshold above which registration charges will be paid from $500 000 to $100 000; introduce an application fee for businesses seeking authorisation to import or export industrial chemicals under the prior informed consent procedure; remove a redundant fee for certain applications relating to the listing of chemicals on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances; and make technical amendments; and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum