Foreword

This Delegated Legislation Monitor for 2006 is a consolidated edition of all of the Monitors that are produced in respect of each sitting week of the Senate during the calendar year. The format of the consolidation is similar to that of the weekly Monitors, setting out details of all disallowable instruments of delegated legislation tabled in the Senate. These details include the enabling Act under which each instrument is made, the date it was made, the date of tabling in the Senate and House of Representatives, the Department of State through which the Minister administers the enabling Act, and a short summary of its subject matter.

During 2006 a total of 2464 disallowable instruments were tabled in the Senate. These instruments were made under the authority of 248 separate enabling Acts, administered by 17 Departments of State.

Of the 2464 instruments tabled in 2006, 330 or 13 per cent, were Regulations.

The Monitor contains the following information:

• Departmental statistics;
• Enabling Act statistics;
• Alphabetical listing by portfolio of all instruments, including tabling dates and a short summary of subject matter; and
• Index to all instruments.

Abbreviations used for citing tabling dates is as follows:

              S = Senate
              HR = House of Representatives

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