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• Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to implement changes resulting from the third review of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Act Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Bill (No. 1) 2006

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  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: allow the transfer of information so that inter-jurisdictional DNA matching can occur; permit prison officers to be present, subject to the relevant State or Territory law, while a forensic procedure is being carried out on a suspect; and correct drafting errors relating to DNA profile matching. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Transaction Reports Amendment Bill 2006

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  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to: amend the definition of “account” and “customer information”; and restrict the application of proposed Division 3A of Part II (which provides for customer information to be included in international funds transfer instructions) to authorised deposit taking institutions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 4 bills to replace the current system of fuel tax concessions with a single fuel tax credit system from 1 July 2006, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: strengthen customs control over certain imported goods that are used in the manufacture of excisable goods; repeal the customs-related provisions of the fuel penalty surcharge legislation; and replicate certain provisions of the

  Spirits Act 1906

  which is to be repealed by the proposed Excise Laws Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 4 bills to replace the current system of fuel tax concessions with a single fuel tax credit system from 1 July 2006, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to strengthen customs control over certain goods that are used in the manufacture of excisable goods and to ensure that certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products are subject to the same duty, when imported, as is applied under the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  for equivalent products manufactured or produced in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Border Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2007

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  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  in relation to: disposal of dangerous goods; access of security identification card holders to section 234AA places, ships, aircrafts and wharves; minor corrections to provisions implementing the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement; provision of updated information in respect of security identification cards to Customs; implementation of an Accredited Client Program; and protection from criminal responsibility for Customs officers handling narcotic goods in the course of duty and others acting under instructions from Customs officers; and

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003

  in relation to issue of seizure warrants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Commonwealth Games) Bill 2005

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  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to provide duty free entry from 1 January to 30 June 2006 for goods that are of a non-commercial nature imported by non-Australian Commonwealth Games Family members for use in, or for purposes related to, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Extension of Import Cut-over Time) Bill 2005

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  Date

  10 Aug 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Legislation Amendment (Application of International Trade Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2004

  to extend the transition phase of the imports component of the new Integrated Cargo System. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2005

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  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: insert an upper limit of 22 per cent alcohol content in respect of grape wine; ensure that certain wine-based cream beverages are subject to the Wine Equalisation Tax and the applicable rates of customs duty; and remove the 3 per cent customs duty that applies to ‘business inputs’ that are subject to a Tariff Concession Order. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Import Processing Charges) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

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

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Import Processing Charges Act 2001

  to repeal two cargo reporting charges (the self-assessed clearance declaration charge and the screening charge) relating to low value consignments which will be amalgamated into the restructured electronic import declaration and warehouse declaration processing charges (to be imposed by the Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2005). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum