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• Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Feb 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program Act 1999

  ] to establish an alternative cap for certain grants in respect of value-adding activities by leather and technical textile firms for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 financial years of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program Scheme. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industry Research and Development Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Industry Research and Development Act 1986

  to: remove the existing powers of the Industry Research and Development Board to commit and approve expenditure of Commonwealth funds; and clarify the Board’s role in the provision of advice on innovation programs in addition to research and development programs. Also contains savings and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Measurement Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Measurement Act 1960

  to: establish the National Measurement Institute (including the establishment of the position of Chief Metrologist) within the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources and outline its functions and responsibilities; and dissolve the National Standards Commission. Also contains transitional provisions to provide for the transfer of assets and liabilities from the Commission and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation to the Commonwealth; amends the

  Science and Industry Research Act 1949

  and National Measurement Regulations 1999; and contains a regulation-making power and an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Bill 2003, the bill imposes levies (a safety investigation levy, a safety case levy and a pipeline safety management plan levy) on the operators of facilities engaged in the exploration, development and production of offshore petroleum. The levies will be used to fund the regulatory activities of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Offshore Petroleum (Safety Levies) Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

  to: establish a National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority which will provide a national safety regulatory regime for Australia’s offshore petroleum industry in Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory coastal waters; ensure that the Commonwealth remittance to the States and the Northern Territory of annual fees collected in respect of titles does not include the goods and services tax component of the fees; move the procedures for petroleum data submission from the Act into regulations; and improve safety regulation and administration. Also contains a regulation-making power and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• ACIS Administration Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (ACIS) Bill 2003, the bill amends the

  ACIS Administration Act 1999

  to extend the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme (ACIS) from its initial finishing date in 2005 to the end of 2015. Also provides for: distribution of ACIS funding into two funding pools (motor vehicle producers; and component producers and other scheme participants); establishment of a $150 million research and development fund for motor vehicle producers; and disclosure of information relating to scheme participants. Also contains transitional and application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Passenger Movement Charge (Timor Sea Treaty) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill makes technical amendments to the

  Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

  , retrospectively, as a consequence of the ratification by Australia and East Timor of the Timor Sea Treaty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill makes consequential amendments to 12 Acts, retrospectively, to give effect to certain Articles of the Timor Sea Treaty in relation to criminal jurisdiction, customs, employment regulation, migration, quarantine, income tax and fringe benefits tax. Also repeals the

  Petroleum (Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation) Act 1990

  and contains application, saving and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill gives retrospective effect to the Timor Sea Treaty between Australia and East Timor, which provides a framework for the exploration, development and exploitation of the petroleum resources in the Joint Petroleum Development Area created by the Treaty. Also contains application and transitional provisions and a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Designs (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Tourism and Resources 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Designs Bill 2002, the bill amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to correct anomalies that may defeat the policy intent of a number of provisions that limit copyright protection for essentially industrial products. Also makes minor amendments to 15 Acts consequential on the proposed

  Designs Act 2002

  and repeal of the

  Designs Act 1906

  . Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum