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• Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Industry Measures) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  in relation to: gap cover schemes; the obligations of health funds to provide information to the public and the Health Insurance Commission; rationalising the structure of the Act; and

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to transfer responsibility for registration of billing agents from the Private Health Insurance Administration Council to the Health Insurance Commission. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to: give legislative authority to an agreement between Australia and the Russian Federation and a protocol to amend the existing convention between Australia and the United States of America, in relation to double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on incomes; and extend existing rules that exclude royalties taxable on a net basis under a tax treaty from the scope of the royalty withholding tax provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Research Agencies Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Institute of Marine Science Act 1972

  and

  Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987

  to: allow greater commercialisation of technology developed by the Australian Institution of Marine Science and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation; and minimise administrative demands on these agencies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  in relation to: supplies in return for rights to develop land; and transfer of tax losses, net capital losses and excess foreign tax credits so that they are not subject to GST, with effect from 1 July 2000;

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Act 1999

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide a one-off credit to businesses that held rental cars on 1 July 2000;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to taxation of general insurance companies and workers’ compensation self-insurers; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to broaden the eligibility criteria for accessing the intercorporate dividend rebate. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: clarify the powers, functions and duties of Commonwealth officials and authorities within the Commonwealth-State cooperative scheme for the regulation of therapeutic goods (as a consequence of the High Court’s decision in R v Hughes); enable the implementation of the mutual recognition agreement entered into between Australia and Singapore relating to the manufacture of medicines; provide for implementation of other similar mutual recognition agreements; enable collection of information and documents in relation to blood and blood component manufacturing processes and practices; clarify the timeframe for payment of evaluation fees; and allow the Minister to impose conditions for the listing of goods on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods;

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Act 1985

  to reflect new administrative and financial arrangements required as a result of changed portfolio responsibilities; and proposed

  Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices) Act 2002

  , if it commences after this proposed Act, in relation to the definition of “conformity assessment certificate”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  as a consequence of the income support supplement to war widows and widowers introduced in 1994 under the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  ;

  Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Family and Other Measures) Act 1997

  ,

  Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Compensation Measures) Act 1997

  and

  Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2000

  to correct misdescribed amendments that resulted in intended amendments not being made; and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to correct certain references, omissions and other typographical errors and omit redundant provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Improved Protection for Victorian Workers) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  in relation to: safety net entitlements for employees in Victoria not covered by federal awards or agreements; access by Victorian employees to federal awards system; minimum pay rates for Victorian contract workers in the textiles, clothing and footwear industries; and annual leave entitlements for Victorian employees. Also contains application and saving provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  in relation to the registration, amalgamation and internal administration and regulation of registered organisations, including election processes, duties of officers and employees of those organisations, financial accountability and disclosure, democratic control and penalties for breaches. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Transmission of Business) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to empower the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to make an order that a certified agreement does not bind a new employer as a result of a transfer of a business, or only binds the new employer to a specified extent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Further to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Registration and Accountability of Organisations) Bill 2002, the bill: makes consequential amendments, including the repeal of certain provisions of the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  ; and contains transitional and savings provisions; also amends the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to: correct errors and omissions; and remove obsolete references; and makes consequential amendments to 20 other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum