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• Trade Marks Amendment (Madrid Protocol) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Resources portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, the bill amends the

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide that regulations may be made in relation to the plain packaging of tobacco so that businesses are not prevented from registering new trade marks or from protecting trade marks against infringement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Marks and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Apr 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science and Resources portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Access Declarations) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to provide that telecommunications access declarations and extension notices which extend the period of access declarations are not legislative instruments for the purposes of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 1) 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to implement a national consumer law regime (the Australian Consumer Law) which will: address unfair contract terms; and include penalties, enforcement powers and consumer redress options;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to include corresponding provisions applicable to financial services; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act

  1979, and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 2) 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Further to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009, the bill amends: the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to implement a national consumer law regime (the Australian Consumer Law) in relation to: general and specific consumer protections; misleading and deceptive conduct; unconscionable conduct; unfair practices; consumer transactions; statutory consumer guarantees; a standard consumer product safety law for consumer goods; and product-related services; the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to rename it as the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ; and 61 Acts to reflect the change in title of the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Energy Market Bill 2004 and in accordance with the intergovernmental Australian Energy Market Agreement, the bill amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: establish the Australian Energy Regulator which will perform national energy market regulation and enforcement functions; and facilitate code change processes. Also makes a consequential amendment to the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008, the bill amends the

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  ,

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to establish criminal offences and civil sanctions for serious cartel conduct. Also makes minor and technical amendments to the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Clarity in Pricing) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: prohibit corporations from advertising a component price (a price as the sum of multiple component parts) of a good or service without also prominently specifying the single figure price (to the extent that it is quantifiable at the time of advertising); update cross references relating to pyramid selling schemes; clarify that certain breaches of product safety and information standards may be a criminal offence; and provide for the concurrent operation of certain state and territory fair trading laws. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Credit Card Reform) Bill 2002 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Sep 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CONROY, Sen Stephen 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to give the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission power to deal with any price exploitation arising from changes in the regulation of credit card fees. 

  Bill