Second Reading Speeches

Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation and Review) Bill 2007

Type
Government
Portfolio
Treasury
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the financial sector regulation law to: implement recommendations of the Taskforce on Reducing Regulation Burdens on Business to streamline and simplify prudential regulation; provide more equitable financial assistance to superannuation funds who have suffered loss as a result of fraud or theft; abolish the Special Protection Account; consolidate and rationalise prudential reporting requirements in the superannuation industry; close a regulatory gap for reporting contraventions of the market conduct and disclosure provisions in the

Corporations Act 2001
; and makes technical amendments consequential on the enactment of the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
.

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