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• Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Facilitates Australia’s accession to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime by amending the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to require carriers and carriage service providers to preserve stored communications when requested by certain domestic agencies or when requested by the Australian Federal Police on behalf of certain foreign countries;

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: ensure that a foreign country can secure access to stored computer data, including preserved data; and allow a stored communication warrant to be obtained for foreign law enforcement purposes;

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: enable existing telecommunications data to be provided to a foreign law enforcement agency on a police to police basis; and enable the collection of prospective telecommunications data for foreign law enforcement purposes in certain circumstances;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to provide that carriers and carriage service providers can recover costs incurred when assisting foreign law enforcement agencies;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide that computer offences are consistent with the convention; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: create confidentiality requirements in relation to authorisations to disclose telecommunications data; and expand offence provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Acts Interpretation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  to restructure the Act by: co-locating and listing alphabetically definitions; ensuring powers in relation to instruments apply to all types of instruments; enabling section 19B and 19BA Orders to apply retrospectively; providing that an action by a minister other than a minister authorised to perform that action is not invalid merely on that basis; clarifying actions done by a person purporting to act under an appointment; providing that everything in an Act should be considered part of the Act; and modernising concepts; the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  in relation to the construction of legislative instruments; and 248 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill: enables the collection and administration of the supervisory cost recovery levy; imposes a penalty for late payment; and provides for the levy or late payment penalty to be waived in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to provide: the administrative procedures for enrolment and maintenance of the Reporting Entities Roll; and for penalties for failure to enrol or maintain the enrolment record. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill imposes a levy on certain entities regulated by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to enable AUSTRAC to recover the costs of its supervisory activities from 1 July 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  to protect children and families at risk of violence or abuse by: prioritising the safety of children in parenting matters; including harmful behaviour in the definitions of ‘abuse’ and ‘family violence’; requiring family consultants, family counsellors, family dispute resolution practitioners and legal practitioners to prioritise the safety of children; placing additional reporting requirements on certain parties to provide evidence to courts; and state and territory child protection authorities participating in family law proceedings where appropriate; and

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Supporting Australian Victims of Terrorism Overseas) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to establish a framework to provide financial assistance for Australians and close family members of Australians who are injured or killed overseas as a result of an overseas terrorist incident; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to: provide a consistent meaning of foreign intelligence and consistent approach to foreign intelligence with the

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  and the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  ; clarify that a computer access warrant authorises access to data held in the target computer at any time while the warrant is in force; and exclude the communication of information relating to employment within the Australian intelligence community from the operation of security assessment provisions;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to clarify that the immunity for liability for certain employees for computer-related activities cannot be overridden by other Commonwealth, state or territory laws; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: provide a specific function for the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation to assist the defence force; provide a new ground for granting a ministerial authorisation for producing intelligence on a person; clarify that the immunity for liability for certain employees for computer-related activities cannot be overridden by other Commonwealth, state or territory laws; and move existing exemptions from the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004 into the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trans-Tasman Proceedings Amendment and Other Measures Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the:

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010

  in relation to staying an Australian proceeding on forum grounds; and

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010

  and

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2010

  to: reflect amendments made by the New Zealand Parliament to the companion legislation to enable the cooperative scheme to operate; and retrospectively validates fees charged (from 1 March 2009 to 25 November 2010) for de facto financial proceedings under the

  Family Law Act 1975

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personal Property Securities (Corporations and Other Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to: registrable charges; the liability of receivers and voluntary administrators for certain transactions; enforcement of liens and pledges; vesting of security interests; and appointment of an administrator under a transitional security agreement;

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  in relation to: taking certain personal property free of security interests; harmonising the definition of ‘security interest’ with New Zealand legislation; Clearing House Electronic Subregister System securities; access to third party data; the registrar’s powers to conduct investigations; security interests in authorised deposit-taking institutions; and state referral powers; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum