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• Criminal Code Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to establish a scheme for the continuing detention of high risk terrorist offenders who are considered by a judge in civil proceedings to present an unacceptable risk to the community at the conclusion of their custodial sentence; and the proposed

  Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2016

  ,

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision (Spring 2016) Bill 2016

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  Date

  01 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 19 Acts to correct technical errors; the

  Public Lending Right Act 1985

  to insert generic references; and the

  International Labour Organisation (Compliance with Conventions) Act 1992

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to remove obsolete provisions. Also repeals the

  Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Update Bill 2016

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  Date

  01 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 100 Acts to replace references to penalties expressed as a number of dollars with penalties expressed as a number of penalty units; 27 Acts to replace references to ‘maximum penalty’ with references to ‘penalty’; 32 Acts to provide that provisions relating to the evidentiary status of a certificate (or other instrument or register) clearly provide that it is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in it; and the

  Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980

  ,

  Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991

  ,

  Crimes (Currency) Act 1981

  and

  Maritime Powers Act 2013

  to update references to aircraft registered in accordance with the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory Local Court) Bill 2016

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  Date

  03 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  , 16 other Acts and the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations to make technical and consequential amendments to ensure that jurisdiction and powers currently being exercised under Commonwealth legislation by Northern Territory Local Court Magistrates may continue to be validly exercised following commencement of the

  Local Court Act 2015

  (NT). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Courts Administration Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

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  Date

  02 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Family Law Act 1975

  and

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to: designate the Federal Court of Australia (including the National Native Title Tribunal), the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia as a single administrative entity under the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  and a single statutory agency under the

  Public Service Act 1999

  ; establish shared corporate services functions for the courts; maintain the responsibility of the heads of jurisdictions in relation to the business and administrative affairs of their respective courts; provide for a chief executive officer (CEO) for each head of jurisdiction to assist with the management of administrative affairs and provide that the CEOs also hold the position of Principal Registrar; provide for the Federal Court CEO to have responsibility for managing the shared corporate services, with a requirement for consultation; and provide that the Federal Court CEO is the accountable authority for the administrative entity and the agency head for the statutory agency. Also makes consequential amendments to 16 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Amending Acts 1990 to 1999 Repeal Bill 2015

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  Date

  12 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Repeals 877 amending and repeal Acts enacted from 1990 to 1999. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 3) 2015

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  Date

  12 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 19 Acts to correct technical errors; the

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to clarify on the face of an Act that the Crown in right of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory is bound; and modernise the provision about whether the Crown is liable to be prosecuted for an offence; 152 Acts to replace references to ‘guilty of an offence’ with references to ‘commits an offence’ or similar phrases; eight Acts to replace references to ‘reference base’ with references to ‘index reference period’; and five Acts to remove spent and obsolete provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2015

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  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  , the bill amends: 201 Acts to make technical amendments; the

  Legislation Act 2003

  (or the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ) to clarify that rules of court are not legislative instruments; the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to clarify that provisions which set out the application of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to rules of the Family Court apply to those rules whether they are made under the

  Family Law Act 1975

  or another Act; and the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  ,

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  and

  Legislation Act 2003

  to: clarify the application of their requirements to administrative forms; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Law and Justice (Omnibus Amendments) Bill 2015

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  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  in relation to: notification of applications for review; non-disclosure of certain information; the method of giving documents or things for the purposes of proceedings; tribunal members’ powers to dismiss certain applications; and the reinstatement of withdrawn applications; the

  Bankruptcy Act 1996

  in relation to: confidentiality requirements relating to statements of affairs; removal of certain requirements to notify, and lodge requests with, the Official Receiver; imposition of time limits for certain applications; and removal of an obsolete reference; the

  Evidence Act 1995

  to make a drafting change; the

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to: provide arresters with the power to use reasonable force to enter premises to execute an arrest warrant; and remove an obsolete reference; the

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  in relation to: the jury empanelment process; the pre-trial process for indictable offences; and technical amendments; the

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  in relation to: enforcement of foreign arbitral awards; confidentiality provisions to arbitral proceedings; and technical amendments; and 10 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Penalty Unit) Bill 2015

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  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: increase the Commonwealth penalty unit from $170 to $180, effective from 31 July 2015; and index the penalty unit every three years to the Consumer Price Index, effective from 1 July 2018. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum