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• Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  to: enable certain content (including online and mobile device content) to be classified using classification tools; enable the secretary (or their delegate) to notify law enforcement authorities about certain content without first having the content classified; establish additional exempt film categories for certain films covering natural history and the social sciences; provide that publishers will no longer be able to apply for exemption certificates for unclassified films or computer games; provide for exemptions for unclassified content to be screened at festivals, special events and by cultural institutions; remove the need to have classified content reclassified when certain modifications are made to the content; enable the minister to determine display and consumer advice requirements for classified content; and make technical amendments; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments. 

  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

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Law Enforcement Integrity, Vulnerable Witness Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: authorise Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) staff to provide AUSTRAC information to the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) with appropriate protection for that information; enable AUSTRAC to conduct internal reviews of certain decisions; create an exception to an offence and extend certain offences; enable the Clean Energy Regulator and the Integrity Commission of Tasmania to access AUSTRAC data; and enable AUSTRAC to engage private sector secondees;

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  to: require certain evidence to only be given in private; and enable ACLEI to second employees of the Australian Federal Police and other unsworn police officers;

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  in relation to victims of slavery, slavery-like and human trafficking offences to: extend vulnerable witness protections to adult victims and to enable evidence to be given in retrials and subsequent trials; provide for the use of victim impact statements; and enable courts to hear evidence by video-link from witnesses outside Australia;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to remove wrist x-ray as a prescribed age determination procedure;

  Migration Act 1958

  to: ensure that the prosecution bears the onus of proof in establishing age; enable the use of evidentiary certificates in the prosecution of people smuggling offences; and provide that all the time spent in immigration detention or on remand prior to sentencing is recognised in the sentencing of those convicted of people smuggling offences;

  International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997

  and

  International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

  to enable Australia to recognise the United Nations’ International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals;

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to enable the minister to enter into certain arrangements with either the administrator or the minister responsible for an external territory; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to make a technical amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to: provide new protections against discrimination on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status; provide protection against discrimination for same-sex de facto couples; and make consequential amendments; and

  Migration Act 1958

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Court Security (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Court Security Bill 2013, the bill amends the

  Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971

  to remove provisions which overlap with the proposed

  Court Security Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Court Security Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Court Security (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013, the bill enables all federal courts, the Family Court of Western Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to manage security issues by: allowing them to appoint persons as security officers and authorised court officers; prescribing powers that security officers are able to exercise; prescribing offences; enabling judicial officers of court exercising family law jurisdiction to make restraining or protective type orders in certain circumstances; providing for immunity from suit of security officers; providing for compensation for damage to certain devices or data; and enabling the delegation of certain powers and functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 39 Acts to correct technical errors and misdescribed or redundant amendments and modernise language; the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Inspector-General of Taxation Act 2003

  to repeal provisions relating to redundant acting appointments; the

  Fisheries Levy Act 1984

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to prescribe matters by reference to other instruments; 43 Acts to make amendments consequential on amendments to the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  and the enactment of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and 22 Acts to repeal spent and obsolete provisions. Also repeals the

  Air Passenger Ticket Levy (Collection) Act 2001

  and

  Air Passenger Ticket Levy (Imposition) Act 2001

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Consequential on the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, the bill amends 83 Acts and the proposed

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2012

  to reflect the renaming of the Federal Magistrates Court to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the change in titles of Chief Federal Magistrate to Chief Judge and Federal Magistrate to Judge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Native Title Act 1993

  to: enable the transfer of the National Native Title Tribunal’s appropriations, staff and some of its administrative functions to the Federal Court of Australia; and provide that the tribunal is no longer a statutory agency for the purposes of the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  and the

  Public Service Act 1999

  ;

  Family Law Act 1975

  and

  Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999

  to enable the merger of the administrative functions of the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, including by establishing a single Chief Executive Officer position for both courts; and

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum