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• Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003, the bill amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to audit oversight and auditor independence; financial reporting; classes of officers, senior managers and employees;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to implement proportionate liability in respect of economic loss or damage to property;

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to: enforcement arrangements in the event of corporate misbehaviour; remuneration of directors and executives; continuous disclosure and infringements; disclosure rules; shareholder participation and information; conflicts of interest of financial services licensees. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Corporations (Fees) Act 2001

  to provide for companies to be charged a fee for referring a matter to the newly established Financial Reporting Panel. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• New International Tax Arrangements Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: modify certain foreign investment fund rules; provide an interest withholding tax exemption for interest paid on certain debentures issued by eligible unit trusts; remove the need for certain income of a controlled foreign country resident to be included as notional assessable income; and prevent double taxation of royalties subject to withholding tax. Also makes consequential amendments and contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation Laws (Clearing and Settlement Facility Support) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Ensures that there are no taxation consequences as a result of a payment out of the National Guarantee Fund under section 891A of the

  Corporations Act 2001

  (which provides for payments to prescribed bodies to fund clearing and settlement facility support). Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  in relation to first aid or life saving courses;

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide for a transitional exclusion for certain indirect value shifts involving services;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: personal services income;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to sugar industry exit grants;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  in relation to application of foreign resident withholding arrangements to certain alienated personal services payments;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to: demutualisation of friendly societies; and eligibility for the research and development tax offset;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: optional roll-over relief for certain simplified tax system partnerships; and a technical correction;

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to: revocation of certain choices under the consolidation regime; and technical corrections. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Professional Standards) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to establish a structure under which the Commonwealth, by prescribing State professional standards legislation (PSL) schemes (via regulations), can support PSL by allowing liability under the relevant Commonwealth legislative provisions to be capped in accordance with the laws of the States and Territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to strengthen the prudential regulation of superannuation, including providing for: the licensing of trustees of superannuation entities regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the registration of those entities; and enforcement powers and penalty provisions; and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

  to expand the reporting requirements for actuaries and auditors. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Product Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

  to facilitate the operation of the Energy Grants Cleaner Fuels Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, the bill establishes the Energy Grants Cleaner Fuels Scheme which will provide a framework for the payment of grants to importers and manufacturers of biodiesel and certain other cleaner fuels to offset customs and excise duties, with effect from 18 September 2003. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to: give legislative authority to agreements between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Australia and the United Mexican States, in relation to the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum