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• Assistance for Severely Affected Regions (Special Appropriation) (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Part of a package of eight bills to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus, the bill appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purposes of making payments to support regions, industry sectors and communities in severely affected regions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012

  and

  Navigation Act 2012

  to clarify that references to ‘regulations’ generally include Marine Orders made under the Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Shipping Registration Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Shipping Registration Act 1981

  to make technical amendments necessary for the remaking of the Shipping Registration Regulations 1981, including: removing provisions requiring the regulations to prescribe the form of shipping registration certificates; removing references to prescribed forms of certificates; and clarifying an appropriate head of power for provisions in the regulations where required. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Special Recreational Vessels Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Allows the owner, charterer, master or agent of a special recreational vessel to apply for a temporary licence for a special recreational vessel under the

  Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012

  ; and applies the Act to the extent necessary to regulate voyages conducted by special recreational vessels under such licences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Air Pollution) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Implements Australia’s obligations in relation to sulphur emissions from ships under Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships by amending the

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to: enable ships to use non-compliant fuel from 1 January 2020 if they are fitted with a scrubber or other equivalent compliance methods to reduce sulphur from their emissions to below the prescribed limit; prohibit the carriage of high sulphur fuel for propulsion purposes on board a ship from 1 March 2020 (carriage ban); exempt naval and foreign government vessels from the application of the Act; and clarify obligations of fuel oil suppliers to verify fuel quality. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• ANL Legislation Repeal Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  ANL Act 1956

  and

  ANL Guarantee Act 1994

  to: remove restrictions on the use of ‘protected names’ relating to the former Commonwealth-owned shipping line ANL Limited; and remove outdated and unnecessary legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to require the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, in developing and promulgating aviation safety standards, to take into consideration the impacts of costs and the relative risk environment of the different aviation industry sectors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Vehicle Standards Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

  and

  Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018

  to postpone the commencement of the substantive provisions of these Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018

  to extend the duration of the transitional period provided for by this Act from 12 to 24 months after the full commencement of the

  Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

  on 1 July 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: reduce the expenditure required by subscription television broadcasting licensees on new eligible drama expenditure from 10 per cent to 5 per cent; provide for subscription television captioning rules to be made by legislative instrument; remove the requirement that all frequency channels allotted or reserved in a digital radio channel plan be within the same frequency band; provide that a regional commercial radio broadcasting licensee does not breach a licence condition if it is only as a result of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) making a new licence area population determination; and extend the timeframe for the ACMA to make grants under the Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund beyond 30 June 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum