Summary
Amends the: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Act 2002 to facilitate the return of responsibility and resources for administering Commonwealth business registers from the Australian Taxation Office to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in winding up the Modernising Business Registers Program; Competition and Consumer Act 2010 in relation to the regulation of safety and information standards and the penalty regime for industry codes; Housing Australia Act 2018 to increase the cap on the Housing Australia Special Account to $4 billion; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to update the list of deductible gift recipients. Also amends 6 Acts in the Treasury portfolio to make miscellaneous and technical amendments and 2 other Acts to make contingent amendments.