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• Financial Corporations (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Corporations (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Act 1993

  to extend the sunset clause for foreign banks obtaining a banking authority in order to be eligible for concessional tax treatment when transferring assets and liabilities, to 30 June 2003; and to extend the deadline to effect any subsequent transfer of assets and liabilities from 30 June 2004 to 30 June 2006. 

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• Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill implements Australia’s obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism by amending the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert an offence directed at those who provide or collect funds to facilitate terrorist activities;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  to: require cash dealers to report suspected terrorist-related transactions; and streamline procedures for the disclosure of financial transaction reports information to foreign countries; and

  Charter of the United Nations Act 1945

  to introduce higher penalty offences for providing assets to, or dealing in assets of, persons and entities engaged in terrorist activities. Also provides for an independent review of the amendments made to the

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  in relation to: application of the Act to telecommunications services such as e-mail, SMS messaging and voicemail; interception in relation to terrorism, serious arson and child pornography offences; use of lawfully intercepted information in connection with dismissal of an officer; the Anti-Corruption Commission of Western Australia, and the Western Australian Royal Commission into Police Corruption; operation of certain warrants authorising entry onto premises; merger of the Queensland Crime Commission and Criminal Justice Commission into the Crime and Misconduct Commission; and technical corrections; and

  Customs Act 1901

  to enable Federal Magistrates to be nominated to be judges for the purposes of issuing listening device warrants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment (Employee Involvement and Compliance) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

  to provide improved health and safety protection for Commonwealth employees; and makes technical amendments and contains transitional, application and savings provisions. Also amends the

  Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001

  to repeal certain redundant amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Amendment Bill 2002

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  Date

  21 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986

  to correct a drafting oversight in amendments made by the

  Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999

  by clarifying that the Crown in right of the States is bound by the complaints and remedies provisions for unlawful discrimination. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation (Commonwealth Employment) Repeal and Amendment Bill (No.1) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Act 1976

  in relation to: reversionary benefits; consolidation of funds from other superannuation arrangements into the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS); powers of Reconsideration Advisory Committees;

  Superannuation Act 1976

  and

  Superannuation Act 1990

  in relation to the scope and administration of the Acts, the CSS and the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS); delegation by the relevant Board; and benefit options for members who cease membership on sale of an asset or transfer or outsourcing of a function, retrospective to 27 June 1997;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Law Officers Act 1964

  and

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  in relation to benefits for CSS and PSS members who join the Judges’ Pension Scheme; and

  Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995

  to remove redundant references. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to allow an immediate tax deduction for specific prepaid expenditure invested in a plantation forestry managed agreement; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove an unintended limitation on the Commissioner of Taxation’s discretion under the non-commercial losses rules. Also contains a minor consequential amendment and application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Further Budget 2000 and Other Measures) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to: treatment of periodic compensation payments and recovery of compensation debts from payers and insurers; treatment of unrealisable financial assets for the purposes of the assets test hardship provisions and income test deeming provisions; inclusion of small superannuation accounts in definitions relating to income and assets; operation of income streams rules; and rounding of service pensions and income support supplement payments to the nearest cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coal Industry Repeal (Validation of Proclamation) Bill 2002

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  Date

  20 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Validates the proclamation fixing 1 January 2002 as the commencement date for the

  Coal Industry Repeal Act 2001

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  in relation to: funding levels for certain purposes; consistent accountability requirements in relation to grants; removal of requirement for institutions to send a ‘notice of liability’ to overseas fee-paying students; name change of Batchelor College to Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education; application of taxation legislation; and correction of a drafting oversight in relation to the Post-graduate Education Loan Scheme; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  in relation to: funding caps for certain purposes; Ministerial approval of research projects for 4 years; and creation of advisory committees by the Australian Research Council Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum