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2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Statute Update (Regulations References)
Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to update references to regulations
in the statute law of the Commonwealth, and for
related purposes
No. , 2020
Statute Update (Regulations References) Bill 2020
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Age Discrimination Act 2004
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Airports Act 1996
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A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
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Australian Citizenship Act 2007
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Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011
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Customs Act 1901
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Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
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International Monetary Agreements Act 1947
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Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions)
Act 2012
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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
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No. , 2020
Statute Update (Regulations References) Bill 2020
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A Bill for an Act to update references to regulations
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in the statute law of the Commonwealth, and for
2
related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Statute Update (Regulations References) Act 2020
.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Statute Update (Regulations References) Bill 2020
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
However, if the provisions do not commence
within the period of 6 months beginning on
the day this Act receives the Royal Assent,
they commence on the day after the end of
that period.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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2
Age Discrimination Act 2004
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1 Subsection 39(1) (heading)
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Omit "
mentioned in
", substitute "
covered by
".
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2 Paragraph 39(1)(b)
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Omit "mentioned in", substitute "covered by".
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3 Subsection 39(1A) (heading)
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Omit "
mentioned in
", substitute "
covered by
".
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4 Subsection 39(1A)
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Omit "mentioned in", substitute "covered by".
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5 Schedule 1 (table item 8)
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Repeal the item, substitute:
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8
Prescribed regulations made under the
Airports Act 1996
6 Schedule 1 (table item 11)
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Repeal the item, substitute:
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11
Regulations made under the
Australian Hearing Services Act 1991
7 Schedule 1 (table item 24)
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Repeal the item.
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8 Schedule 1 (table item 37)
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Repeal the item, substitute:
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37
Regulations made under the
Papua New Guinea (Members of the Forces
Benefits) Act 1957
9 Schedule 2 (after table item 3)
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Insert:
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3AA
Regulations made under the
Defence Act 1903
prescribed
provisions
Schedule 1
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10 Schedule 2 (table item 11)
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Repeal the item.
2
Airports Act 1996
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11 Subsection 251B(1)
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Omit "subregulation 1.03(1) of the
Airports Regulations 1997
declares a
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place specified in a paragraph of that subregulation", substitute "a
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prescribed provision (the
declaration provision
) of regulations made
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under this Act declares a place".
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12 Subsection 251B(2) (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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Part of place
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13 Subsection 251B(2)
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Omit "that subregulation by inserting a paragraph", substitute "the
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declaration provision by inserting a provision".
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14 Subsection 251B(4) (heading)
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Repeal the heading.
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15 Subsection 251B(4)
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Omit "If a paragraph of subregulation 1.03(1) of the
Airports
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Regulations 1997
", substitute "If the declaration provision".
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16 Subsection 251B(4)
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Omit "particular Part of Schedule 1 to those regulations, a regulation
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may amend that Part", substitute "prescribed provision (the
land
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description provision
) of regulations made under this Act, a regulation
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may amend the land description provision".
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17 Subsection 251B(6)
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Repeal the subsection.
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Amendments
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A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
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18 Paragraph 38-7(2)(a)
2
Omit "prescribed circumstances within the meaning of regulation 14 of
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the Health Insurance Regulations made under the
Health Insurance Act
4
1973
(other than the prescribed circumstances set out in
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regulations 14(2)(ea), (f) and (g))", substitute "circumstances covered
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by a prescribed provision of regulations made under the
Health
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Insurance Act 1973
".
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Australian Citizenship Act 2007
9
19 Subsection 19C(4) (definition of
Bilateral Arrangements
10
regulations
)
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Omit "the
Family Law (Bilateral Arrangements--Intercountry
12
Adoption) Regulations 1998
", substitute "prescribed regulations made
13
under the
Family Law Act 1975
".
14
20 Subsection 19C(4) (definition of
Intercountry Adoption
15
regulations
)
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Omit "the
Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption)
17
Regulations 1998
", substitute "prescribed regulations made under the
18
Family Law Act 1975
".
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Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011
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21 Subsection 20J(1)
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Omit "(1)".
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22 Subsection 20J(2)
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Repeal the subsection.
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Customs Act 1901
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23 Subsection 105D(4) (definition of
GST regulations
)
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Omit "the
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax)
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Regulations 1999
", substitute "regulations made under the
A New Tax
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System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
".
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Schedule 1
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Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
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24 Section 51-5 (table item 1.7)
2
Omit "section 14 or 14B of the
Ombudsman Regulations 2017
",
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substitute "a prescribed provision of regulations made under the
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Ombudsman Act 1976
".
5
25 Section 51-5 (note)
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Omit "under section 14 or 14B of the
Ombudsman Regulations 2017
",
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substitute "referred to in item 1.7".
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26 Subparagraph 307-5(7)(a)(ii)
9
Omit "the
Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001
", substitute
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"prescribed regulations made under the
Family Law Act 1975
".
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International Monetary Agreements Act 1947
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27 Section 3
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Insert:
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Investment Disputes Convention
means the Convention on the
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Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of
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Other States signed by Australia on 24 March 1975, the English
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text of which is set out in Schedule 3 to the
International
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Arbitration Act 1974
.
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28 Section 3 (paragraph (e) of the definition of
World Bank
20
organisation
)
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Omit "(referred to in the
International Centre for Settlement of
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Investment Disputes (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1991
)",
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substitute "established by the Investment Disputes Convention".
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Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary
25
Commissions) Act 2012
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29 Paragraph 44(3)(c)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(c) the record is made available for public access under the
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Archives Act 1983
;
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30 At the end of subsection 44(3)
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Add:
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Note:
Whether and how the
Archives Act 1983
applies to the record depends
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on regulations made for the purposes of section 20 of that Act.
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31 Subsection 82(2)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(2) The
Archives Act 1983
, and regulations made under that Act, apply
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to a record or report given to a House of the Parliament under
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subsection (1) or (1A) of this section as if the record or report had
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been laid before that House and were in the possession of that
10
House.
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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
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32 Subsection 10(2)
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Omit "(within the meaning of the
Cadet Forces Regulations 1977
)".
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33 Paragraph 87(1)(d)
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Omit "(within the meaning of the
Cadet Forces Regulations 1977
)".
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