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• Corporations Legislation Amendment (Deregulatory and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide that a general meeting of a company must only be arranged if members with at least five per cent of voting shares make the request; reduce the remuneration reporting requirements; clarify the circumstances in which a financial year may be determined to be less than 12 months; and exempt certain companies limited by guarantee from the need to appoint or retain an auditor; and

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: enable members of the Takeovers Panel to perform duties while in Australia and overseas; and provide that the Remuneration Tribunal is responsible for setting the terms and conditions of Chairs and members of the Financial Reporting Council, the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Direct Lending and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Trade and Investment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to: expand the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation’s (EFIC) powers to enable direct lending for export transactions involving all goods (not just capital goods); and require EFIC to pay a debt neutrality charge or guarantee fee, and a tax equivalent payment, in relation to all its operations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 35 Acts to correct technical errors; 49 Acts to replace references to ‘servants’ with references to ‘employees’; the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  and

  Defence Act 1903

  to remove gender-specific language; the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make technical amendments; the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  ,

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  ,

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to remove spent and obsolete provisions; and the

  Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited Sale Act 1993

  to make an amendment consequential on a repeal. Also repeals the

  Conciliation and Arbitration (Electricity Industry) Act 1985

  ,

  Immigration (Education) Charge Act 1992

  and

  Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Act 1970

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014, the bill amends the

  Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Act 2012

  to provide that the imposition of the industry levy will continue to operate under the

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  following the repeal of the

  Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Act 2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014, the bill: amends the

  Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Act 2012

  to remove the requirement for the minister to prepare a statement of estimate of overall levy target amount; repeals the

  Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Act 2012

  to abolish the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA); repeals the

  Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997

  to remove the redundant universal service levy; and transfers TUSMA’s functions and contractual responsibilities to the Department of Communications; amends the

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  ,

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to make amendments consequential on the regulation of the supply of telephone sex services via a standard telephone service being removed from the

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  ;

  Do Not Call Register Act 2006

  to enable an indefinite registration period for numbers on the register;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: remove the arrangements for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to register e-marketing industry codes; and reduce obligations on telecommunications providers to provide pre-selection; and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to: remove gazettal publishing requirements; and reduce requirements on carriage service providers in relation to customer service guarantees; and makes consequential amendments to six Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Repeal Day) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to remove the payslip reporting requirements; 16 Acts to consolidate and repeal tax provisions; the

  Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998

  to remove the deemed shareholding applied to an associate where the associate has no direct control interest in the company; and 12 Acts to define ‘Australia’ for income tax purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  in relation to: the Official Trustee; the Official Receiver; the National Disability Insurance Scheme; the offence of concealment; declarations in statements received electronically; indictable and summary offences; and the location of certain offences in the Act;

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  to clarify the application of the Act to certain international arbitration agreements;

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: make technical amendments; clarify the appeal rights available for court security orders; and create access to the Family Court of Australia for court security orders made by the Family Court of Western Australia;

  Court Security Act 2013

  to: provide for the disposal of unclaimed items seized by or given upon request to court security officers; and clarify the processes by which court security orders can be varied and revoked;

  Evidence Act 1995

  to: reflect changes to the Model Uniform Evidence Bill; remove all references to the Australian Capital Territory; and make technical amendments;

  Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986

  to enable the National Cultural Heritage Committee to continue to function when membership falls below the maximum number; and

  Copyright Act 1968

  to extend the legal deposit scheme to include work published in electronic format. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: expand the grounds upon which a control order can be requested and issued; reduce the information required to be provided to the Attorney-General when seeking consent to request an interim control order; extend the time before the material provided to an issuing court must be provided to the Attorney-General where a request for an urgent interim control order has been made to an issuing court; require the Attorney-General to advise the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security before amending a regulation that lists a terrorist organisation and to allow the committee to review any proposed change during the disallowance period; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: provide that it is a function of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) to provide assistance to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in support of military operations and to cooperate with the ADF on intelligence matters; and remedy limitations in the arrangements for emergency ministerial authorisations which apply to ASIS, the Australian Signals Directorate and the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to enable goods that satisfy new rules of origin when imported into Australia from Japan to be given preferential rates of duty, giving effect to the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to implement the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement by: providing free rates of customs duty for goods that are Japanese originating goods; maintaining customs duty rates for certain Japanese originating goods; phasing the preferential rates of customs duty for certain goods to free by 2021; and providing for the preferential and phasing rates of duty and maintaining excise-equivalent rates of duty on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum