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Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Review of Prudential Decisions) Bill 2007

Type
Government
Portfolio
Treasury
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
41

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Summary

Amends the Banking Act 1959, Insurance Act 1973, Life Insurance Act 1995, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993, Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997, Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation and Review) Act 2007 and Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Act 2007 to introduce a court-based process for disqualifying an individual from operating an Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated entity; Banking Act 1959, Insurance Act 1973 and Life Insurance Act 1995 in relation to APRA’s specific direction powers; Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to incorporate a materiality test into the trigger for APRA to issue a direction to freeze assets of a superannuation entity; Insurance Act 1973, Life Insurance Act 1995 and Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to remove ministerial consent from administrative decisions made by APRA or the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) under those Acts; Banking Act 1959, Financial Sector Collection of Data Act 2001, Insurance Act 1973, Life Insurance Act 1995 and Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to apply merits review to appropriate decisions made by APRA or the ATO; and makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 13 Sep 2007
Second reading moved 13 Sep 2007
Lapsed at dissolution 17 Oct 2007

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No proposed amendments have been circulated.

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Text of bill

  • First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

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  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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