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• Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Terrorism Insurance Act 2003

  to: establish a framework for a cyclone and cyclone-related flood damage reinsurance pool by extending the operation of the terrorism reinsurance scheme administered by the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC); and amend the title of the Act to the

  Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003

  ; and

  Insurance Act 1973

  to create a civil penalty for insurers who do not reinsure eligible cyclone risks with the ARPC. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  and 42 other Acts to implement certain recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Financial Services Interim Reports A and B to: ‘unfreeze’ the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  so that the current version applies to the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  ; create a single glossary of defined terms in the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ; repeal redundant definitions; address unclear or incorrect provisions; simplify unnecessarily complex provisions; and make consequential and contingent amendments;

  Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  ,

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  ,

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  and

  Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003

  to implement findings of the thematic review of insurance instruments due to sunset on 1 October 2023;

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to move certain matters currently in legislative instruments into primary law. Also makes minor and technical amendments to 10 Acts in the Treasury portfolio and repeals the

  ASIC Corporations (Superannuation and Schemes: Underlying Investments) Instrument 2016/378

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Terrorism Insurance Act 2003

  to clarify that losses attributable to terrorist attacks using chemical or biological means are covered by the terrorism insurance scheme;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide that employee share scheme disclosure documents lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission are not made publicly available for certain start-up companies; and provide protection for retail client money and property held by financial services licensees in relation to over-the-counter derivative products;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to update the list of deductible gift recipients; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide income tax relief to eligible New Zealand special category visa holders who are impacted by disasters in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Terrorism Insurance Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Renders ineffective terrorism exclusion clauses in eligible insurance contracts and implements a framework for reinsurance for terrorist acts for commercial properties and infrastructure, including business interruption and public liability risks. Also establishes the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation which will provide the reinsurance cover; and contains a regulation-making power. 

  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

• Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s (PJCIS)

  Report of the Inquiry into Potential Reforms of Australia’s National Security Legislation

  by amending the:

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: require telecommunications service providers to retain and to secure for two years telecommunications data (not content); require service providers to protect retained data through encryption and preventing unauthorised interference and access; require the PJCIS to review the mandatory data retention scheme no more than three years after the end of the implementation phase; limit the range of agencies that are able to access telecommunications data and stored communications; establish a journalist information warrants regime; restrict the agencies who can access this data; require the minister to refer to the PJCIS any legislative proposal to amend which agencies can access the data; provide for record-keeping and reporting the use of, and access to, telecommunications data; and enable the Commonwealth Ombudsman to assess agency compliance;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to provide that certain matters relating to data retention be included in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) annual report;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to enable the PJCIS to inquire into operational matters relating to the use of telecommunications data by ASIO and the Australian Federal Police, in relation to counter-terrorism functions;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to prohibit civil litigants from being able to access certain telecommunications data; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• 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

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Reducing Illegal Early Release and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Unlawful Payments from Regulated Superannuation Funds) Bill 2012, the bill amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to provide for civil and criminal penalties for persons who promote a scheme that has resulted, or is likely to result, in the illegal early release of superannuation benefits;

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to require that superannuation benefits that are rolled over into self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are captured as a designated service; and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide for administrative directions and penalties for contraventions relating to SMSFs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Update (Autumn 2018) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: five Acts to correct technical errors; the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  ,

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  ,

  National Land Transport Act 2014

  and

  National Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992

  to update references to ‘the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia’ with references to ‘Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand’; the

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  ; 22 Acts to remove obsolete references to the Crown in right of Norfolk Island; and the

  Social Security Legislation Amendment (One-off Payments for Carers) Act 2005

  and

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to repeal spent provisions. Also repeals 40 obsolete Acts. 

  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