- Date
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30 Sep 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance and Deregulation
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
to clarify the body corporate status of the Australian Human Rights Commission under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
; Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996
to enable the Australian Law Reform Commission to become a prescribed agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
and a statutory agency for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999
; Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989
to include references to general policy orders; Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980
to rename the corporation as Wine Australia Corporation; Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
in relation to: annual reports of Commonwealth authorities; notification of significant events; delegation power of the Finance Minister; references; interjurisdictional authorities; bodies corporate reporting requirements; procurement directions; general policy orders; and ministerial delegations of powers and functions; Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to clarify the body corporate status of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
; Criminology Research Act 1971
to merge the Criminology Research Council with the Australian Institute of Criminology; Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
in relation to: a ministerial requirement to inform Parliament of involvement in a company by their department, agencies and bodies corporate; and regulations to prescribe an agency as an interjurisdictional agency; National Transport Commission Act 2003
to provide that the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
applies to the commission; and Parliamentary Service Act 1999
to clarify that the appropriation authority for certain payments is contained in the relevant Appropriation Act. Also: repeals six Acts and provisions of 11 other Acts to remove redundant special appropriations and other outdated references; and makes amendments consequential to the amendments to the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980
.