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• Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Legislation Amendment (Import Processing Charges) Bill 2005 to restructure the cost recovery regime for import related services, the bill amends the

  Import Processing Charges Act 2001

  to restructure the electronic import declaration and warehouse declaration processing charges. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Serious Drug Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: insert new serious drug offences; and give effect to an obligation under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Right of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict by inserting new offences for the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict;

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  in relation to property restraining and forfeiture orders over a bankrupt’s property;

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to: clarify the functions of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in relation to assistance to and cooperations with Australian and foreign law enforcement, intelligence, security and government regulatory agencies, and peacekeeping activities in other countries; and enable the AFP to disclose a person’s personal information with that person’s consent;

  Mutual Assistance in Business Regulation Act 1992

  in relation to requests from foreign regulators for information, documents or evidence;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  in relation to identification references for certain account signatories;

  Customs Act 1901

  to make a technical amendment in relation to a power to detain people on bail who attempt to leave Australia in breach of bail conditions;

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to: exempt certain AUSTRAC documents from the operation of the Act; and make minor technical corrections. Also makes consequential amendments in relation to serious drug offences to 5 Acts; and repeals the

  Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1950

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert new offences in relation to: the use of a carriage service, including the Internet, to access, transmit or make available suicide related material; and the possession, production, supply or acquisition of such material for use through a carriage service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: reflect changes in technology in the oil and gas exploration industries; reclassify paraquat dichloride with an added emetic as duty free; extend the operation of the South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Provisions) Scheme to 31 December 2011; amend the country codes for Poland and Wake Island; increase the rates of customs duty payable on certain US originating alcohol and tobacco products in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  to fulfil Australia’s obligations under United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children by criminalising all aspects of trafficking in persons by introducing a number of new and extended offences. Passage of this bill will permit Australian ratification of the Protocol. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to prescribe commercial quantities for all illicit drugs currently covered by drug importation offences under the Act, for which a commercial quantity is not currently prescribed. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2004 to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: incorporate new rules of origin for Thai goods for eligibility for preferential duty rates; and impose certain obligations on Australian exporters and Australian producers of goods who claim preferential tariff treatment in Thailand. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Post-2005 Arrangements) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program Amendment (Post-2005 Scheme) Bill 2004 to extend the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program for another 10 years, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: reduce customs duty rates applicable to clothing and certain finished textiles to 10 per cent from 1 January 2010 and to 5 per cent from 1 January 2015; reduce customs duty rates applicable to other textile, clothing and footwear goods to 5 per cent from 1 January 2010; and provide for customs duty credits to be applied against imports of certain clothing and textile goods until 30 June 2017. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2004 to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: provide duty-free access to certain goods and preferential rates of customs duty for other goods that are of Thai origin; phase the preferential rates of customs duty for certain goods to zero by 2015; and provide the mechanism to initiate safeguard measures on sensitive products including canned tuna, processed pineapple and pineapple juice, if necessary. Also makes contingent amendments to the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  and

  US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004

  in the event the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement is not in force for Australia before TAFTA enters into force for Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Offences and Other Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences) Bill 2004, the bill repeals existing telecommunications offences in the

  Crimes Act 1914

  and inserts new and updated telecommunications offences in the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  . Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts, including the

  Crimes Act 1914

  and the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and amends the:

  Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991

  to outlaw child prostitution on board Australian-registered aircraft outside Australia;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  in relation to: contamination of goods; dishonest acquisition of or dealing in personal financial information; criminal responsibility of accomplices; obtaining financial advantage; and the principle of ignorance of, or mistake about, the law;

  Customs Act 1901

  to clarify the operation of certain serious drug offences;

  Cybercrime Act 2001

  to correct a misdescription; and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  to simplify processes for obtaining material for use in foreign proceedings. Also contains application, saving and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum