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• Corporations Amendment (Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: remove the seventh step (the “catch all”) from the steps an advice provider may take in order to satisfy best interest obligations; enable clients and providers to agree on the scope of advice to be provided; remove the renewal notice obligations for fee recipients; remove the requirement to provide yearly fee disclosure statements to certain clients; provide for a general advice exemption to exempt benefits that relate to general advice from the ban on conflicted remuneration in certain circumstances; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Patents Act 1990

  to: implement the Protocol amending the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property to enable Australian pharmaceutical manufacturers to supply developing countries with generic versions of patented medicines; and make technical amendments;

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  to enable the owners of plant breeder’s rights in a plant variety with the option to take action in the Federal Circuit Court against alleged infringers;

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  ,

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide for a single trans-Tasman patent attorney regime and single patent application and examination processes for Australia and New Zealand; and

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to remove document retention requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2014) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends: two Acts administered in the Agriculture portfolio to update and remove obsolete references; 10 Acts administered in the Communications portfolio in relation to: access arrangements, investigations, the Advanced Mobile Phone System, standard agreements, protected carrier information, protection schemes for residential customers, the Universal Service Regime, consultation requirements and variation of instruments, completed reviews, publication requirements, the National Relay Service, and notification and account keeping requirements; the

  Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952

  to make amendments consequential on a repeal; six Acts administered in the Environment portfolio in relation to: sea installations, licensing, reporting and administrative obligations of licensees, and water studies in the Murray-Darling Basin; two Acts administered in the Industry portfolio to make amendments consequential on repeals; the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  in relation to reporting requirements; two Acts administered in the Social Services portfolio in relation to the certification of residential aged care services; and six Acts administered in the Treasury portfolio in relation to: the Education Expenses Tax Offset, the Sugar Industry Reform Program, the Financial Services Reform roll-over, and the Superannuation Safety Reform roll-over. Also repeals 43 Acts administered in nine portfolios. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personal Property Securities Amendment (Deregulatory Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  to provide that leases of serial numbered goods of 90 days or more will not be deemed to be leases for the purposes of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 1) 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 74 Acts to correct technical errors and misdescribed or redundant amendments and modernise language; three Acts to provide that Commonwealth ministers are mentioned by reference to the administration of identified legislation; 54 Acts to make amendments consequential on amendments to the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  ; and eight Acts to repeal spent and obsolete provisions. Also repeals 17 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Force Retirement Benefits Legislation Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

  and

  Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948

  to: index Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (DFRB) and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) retirement pensions, invalidity pensions, and reversionary pensions from 1 July 2014 in the same way as age and services pensions are indexed; and exempt DFRB and DFRDB members from a tax liability for the one-off capitalised value of the benefit improvement relating to past service as at 1 July 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• G20 (Safety and Security) Complementary Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Clarifies the interaction between the

  G20 (Safety and Security) Act 2013

  (Qld) and existing Commonwealth aviation and airports legislation at the Brisbane Airport during the G20 Summit in Brisbane in 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2014, the bill: imposes an annual celebrant registration charge with a statutory limit of $600 for the 2014-15 financial year; and provides for indexation of the statutory limit in later financial years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2014, the bill amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: provide for a celebrant registration charge to be imposed from 1 July 2014 on Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants who are authorised under the Marriage Celebrants Program to perform marriages; provide for the deregistration of celebrants who do not pay the celebrant registration charge or obtain an exemption; enable the imposition of a registration application fee for prospective celebrants seeking registration; provide for exemptions and the imposition of processing fees for applications for exemptions; enable the minister to approve forms; remove the requirement for performance reviews every five years of marriage celebrants; and make minor amendments to the Marriage Celebrants Program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework of standard regulatory powers exercised by Commonwealth agencies by providing for: monitoring and investigative powers; and enforcement provisions including civil penalties, infringement notices, enforceable undertakings and injunctions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum