Second Reading Speeches

Export Control Amendment (Quotas) Bill 2015

Type
Government
Portfolio
Agriculture and Water Resources
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Consolidates quota export certification arrangements for agriculture by amending the:

Export Control Act 1982
to: provide the secretary with powers to make orders providing for, or in relation to, the establishment and administration of a system or systems of tariff rate quotas; and enable the secretary to make directions in relation to matters covered by an order, and to override the order; and
Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997
,
Dairy Produce Act 1986
and
Export Charges (Collection) Act 2015
to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the
Australian Meat and Live-stock (Quotas) Act 1990
.

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