Scrutiny of Bills Alert Digest No. 1 of 1999

15 February 1999

ISSN 1329-668X

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Senator B Cooney (Chairman)

Senator W Crane (Deputy Chairman)

Senator H Coonan

Senator T Crossin

Senator J Ferris

Senator A Murray

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Extract from Standing Order 24

(1)

(a) At the commencement of each Parliament, a Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills shall be appointed to report, in respect of the clauses of bills introduced into the Senate, and in respect of Acts of the Parliament, whether such bills or Acts, by express words or otherwise:

(i) trespass unduly on personal rights and liberties;

(ii) make rights, liberties or obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently defined administrative powers;

(iii) make rights, liberties or obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decisions;

(iv) inappropriately delegate legislative powers; or

(v) insufficiently subject the exercise of legislative power to parliamentary scrutiny.

(b) The Committee, for the purpose of reporting upon the clauses of a bill when the bill has been introduced into the Senate, may consider any proposed law or other document or information available to it, notwithstanding that such proposed law, document or information has not been presented to the Senate.

CONTENTS

PART A (Contains bills commencing A - L)

PART B (Contains bills commencing M - Z)

A New Tax System (Aged Care Compensation Measures Legislation Amendment) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Australian Business Number Consequential Amendments) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Bonuses for Older Australians) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Compensation Measures Legislation Amendment) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (End of Sales Tax) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Fringe Benefits Reporting) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Administration) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition—Customs) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition—Excise) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition—General) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Income Tax Laws Amendment) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Personal Income Tax Cuts) Bill 1998

A New Tax System (Trade Practices Amendment) Bill 1998

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1998

Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 1998-99

Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 1998-99

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 1998-99

Australian Sports Drug Agency Amendment Bill 1998

Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 1998

Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Bill 1998

Customs (Anti-dumping Amendments) Bill 1998

Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1998

Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Bill 1998

General Interest Charge (Imposition) Bill 1998

Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 4) 1998

Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 1998

Industry Research and Development Amendment Bill 1998

Judiciary Amendment Bill 1998

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 1998

Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1998

Migration Legislation Amendment (Judicial Review) Bill 1998

Migration (Visa Application) Charge Amendment Bill 1998

Motor Vehicle Standards Amendment Bill 1998

National Measurement Amendment (Utility Meters) Bill 1998

National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Amendment Bill 1998

National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Amendment Bill 1998

Navigation Amendment (Employment of Seafarers) Bill 1998

Ozone Protection Amendment Bill 1998

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Bill 1998

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Bill 1998

Primary Industries Levies and Charges (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1998

Privacy Amendment (Office of the Privacy Commissioner) Bill 1998

Quarantine Amendment Bill 1998

Sales Tax Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1998

Superannuation (Entitlements of same sex couples) Bill 1998

Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 1998

Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 4) 1998

Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 5) 1998

Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Bill 1998

Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Bill 1998

Provisions imposing criminal sanctions for failure to provide information