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  • Date
    26 Jun 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Legislative Instruments (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, the bill establishes a regime for the registration, tabling, scrutiny and sunsetting of legislative instruments. Deals with: drafting standards; consultation before making legislative instruments; establishment of the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; Parliamentary scrutiny of legislative instruments; sunsetting of legislative instruments; instruments not dealt with before the Act’s commencing day; gazettal and registration requirements; effect on existing tabling and disallowance requirements; delegation of certain Ministerial powers; review of the operation of the Act and sunsetting provisions; existing references to the Legislative Instruments Act. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Jun 1999 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Dec 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial sector levy setting framework, the bill amends the
    Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998
    to: separate the life insurance supervisory levy into a restricted and an unrestricted component; increase the statutory upper limit for the restricted levy component set for the 2005-06 financial year; and alter the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later financial years. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 May 2020 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of seven bills to implement changes to the financial institution supervisory levy framework, the bill amends the
    Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998
    to: increase the statutory upper limit on the life insurance supervisory levy to $10 million for the financial year commencing on 1 July 2020; and amend the calculation of the indexation factor used to establish the statutory upper limits applying in later years. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 Mar 1998 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 

    Bill

  • Date
    26 Feb 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure and Regional Development 
    Summary
    Implements amendments to the Protocol of 1996 to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims by amending the
    Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act 1989
    to increase the liability limits for ship owners and salvors for maritime claims relating to ship-sourced damage. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    28 Mar 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Industry, Tourism and Resources 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984
    to: improve the Australian Government’s national liquid fuel emergency response arrangements; include the Australian Capital Territory as a legal entity within the terms of the Act; and update penalty provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    15 Jun 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment and Energy 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984
    to enable the Australian Government to enter into commercial oil stockholding contracts, also known as ticketing contracts, with either foreign or Australian entities. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 May 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Regional Services, Territories and Local Government portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 Oct 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976
    to extend the operation of the Act in relation to Telstra employees for a period of 3 years from the day on which the Commonwealth ceases to have a controlling interest in Telstra. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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