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• Dairy Industry Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  to incorporate planning, facilitation and participation in the reform or privatisation of the Australian Dairy Corporation (ADC) and the Dairy Research and Development Corporation as an additional function of the ADC; and

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  and

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  to enable holders of Dairy Structural Adjustment Program scheme and Supplementary Dairy Assistance scheme entitlements to access a farm exit payment under the Farm Help Re-establishment Grant scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Egg Industry Service Provision (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision Bill 2002, the bill provides for the transfer of assets and liabilities associated with the egg sub-programme of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation to the newly created Australian Egg Corporation Limited. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Egg Industry Service Provision Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002, the bill establishes Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) which will be limited by guarantee under the

  Corporations Act 2001

  and will be responsible for providing industry services to the egg industry, including generic promotion and research and development functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  The bill: enables monies up to the amounts received through certain levies and charges to be appropriated out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and paid to Plant Health Australia Limited (PHA) to fulfil PHA plant industry members’ yearly contribution obligations; and provides a mechanism for monies collected in excess of a plant industry’s liability to PHA to be appropriated for research and development activities. Also includes a regulation-making power and makes consequential amendments to the

  Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

  and

  Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Torres Strait Fisheries Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  to allow for the Chair of the Torres Strait Regional Authority to be appointed as a full member of the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority. 

  Bill

• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  to: extend the application of the Act to Christmas Island; improve arrangements for the payment of fees; broaden the range of persons who may be appointed as quarantine officers; and make clarifying amendments;

  Imported Food Control Act 1992

  to: insert an objective into the Act; provide for the use of agreements; and allow for the importation of food that does not meet applicable labelling standards, but create an offence if that food is sold by the importer without corrected labelling; and

  Pig Industry Act 2001

  and

  Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

  to allow Australian Pork Limited and Australian Wool Innovation Limited to carry forward research and development expenditure eligible for Commonwealth matching contributions from one financial year to the next. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003, the bill amends the

  National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998

  to insert the current operative levy rate of 0.3 cent and increase the maximum levy rate to 0.6 cent per kilogram for honey exported from Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services (Amendment) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

  to deem Horticulture Australia Limited in its capacity as the export control body under the Act to be a Commonwealth agency for the purposes of section 16 of the

  Customs Administration Act 1985

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  in relation to: Australia’s national emergency powers in the event of a major national animal disease; compensation for property destroyed and a new offence for commercial smuggling, with increased pecuniary penalties applicable to individuals and corporations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Plant Breeder's Rights Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  to: clarify the rights of plant breeders in certain circumstances where restrictions are imposed; enhance the access of breeders to the Plant Breeder’s Rights scheme; and improve the administration of the Act and the scheme. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum