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• Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish a framework for the Commonwealth funding of higher education, the bill provides for transitional arrangements and consequential amendments to the

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  and 11 other Acts as a result of the new funding framework. Also amends the

  Australian National University Act 1991

  and

  Maritime College Act 1978

  in relation to the governance structures of the Australian National University and the Australian Maritime College. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish a framework for the Commonwealth funding of higher education, the bill replaces the current arrangements under the

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  and provides for: grants (primarily through the Commonwealth Grants Scheme) and other payments to higher education providers; financial assistance to students including: HECS-HELP assistance for student contribution amounts, FEE-HELP assistance for tuition fees, and OS-HELP assistance for overseas study; a Student Learning Entitlement equivalent to 7 years of full-time study; repayment of student loans; administrative matters; provision of higher education in the external Territories; and review of the impact of the proposed Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents Integrity Measures) Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997

  to: impose a pro rata charge on migration agents who register to provide immigration assistance on a non-commercial basis, but who give immigration assistance on a commercial basis during the course of their registration period. Also contains a regulation-making power and an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents Integrity Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to strengthen and improve the regulation of migration agents; and make minor technical and consequential amendments. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Bill 2003, the bill imposes levies (a safety investigation levy, a safety case levy and a pipeline safety management plan levy) on the operators of facilities engaged in the exploration, development and production of offshore petroleum. The levies will be used to fund the regulatory activities of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  to: establish a National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority which will provide a national safety regulatory regime for Australia’s offshore petroleum industry in Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory coastal waters; ensure that the Commonwealth remittance to the States and the Northern Territory of annual fees collected in respect of titles does not include the goods and services tax component of the fees; move the procedures for petroleum data submission from the Act into regulations; and improve safety regulation and administration. Also contains a regulation-making power and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes (Overseas) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964

  to: extend the criminal law of the Jervis Bay Territory to Australians who are working in a foreign country in certain circumstances; make a technical amendment to the current application of Australian criminal jurisdiction to persons to whom the Act applies by applying the substantive criminal law of the Jervis Bay Territory extraterritorially. Also contains a power to make regulations with a limited retrospective application; and application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Product Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000

  to facilitate the operation of the Energy Grants Cleaner Fuels Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, the bill establishes the Energy Grants Cleaner Fuels Scheme which will provide a framework for the payment of grants to importers and manufacturers of biodiesel and certain other cleaner fuels to offset customs and excise duties, with effect from 18 September 2003. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to: give legislative authority to agreements between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Australia and the United Mexican States, in relation to the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion; and make consequential amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum