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2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Treasury Laws Amendment (2020
Measures No. 6) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Treasury)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
taxation, competition and charities, to make
various minor and technical amendments of the
statute law in the Treasury portfolio, to repeal
certain obsolete Acts, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
2
Commencement ................................................................................. 2
3
Schedules ........................................................................................... 4
Schedule 1--Temporary full expensing of depreciating assets
and other amendments
5
Part 1--Main amendments
5
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
5
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
5
Part 2--Technical amendments
12
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
12
Schedule 2--Amendments of the consumer data right
13
Part 1--Initial amendments
13
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
13
Part 2--Later amendments
19
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
19
Schedule 3--Incentivising charities to join the National Redress
Scheme
26
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012
26
Schedule 4--Minor and technical amendments
28
Part 1--Amendments commencing day after Royal Assent
28
Division 1--Amendments
28
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012
28
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
28
Business Names Registration Act 2011
29
Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973
30
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
32
Corporations Act 2001
34
Life Insurance Act 1995
36
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
37
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National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and
Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
37
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
37
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
38
Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999
41
Taxation Administration Act 1953
41
Division 2--Repeals of Acts
42
Bills of Exchange Act 1971
42
Census and Statistics Act 1920
42
Census and Statistics Act 1930
42
Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1976
42
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1913
42
Excise Act 1962
42
Income Tax Assessment Act (No. 2) 1969
42
Income Tax (International Agreements) Act 1960
42
International Finance Corporation Act 1961
42
International Finance Corporation Act 1963
42
International Finance Corporation Act 1966
42
Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 1A) 1930
43
Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Act 1960
43
States Grants (Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave) Act 1961
43
States Grants (Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave) Act 1968
43
States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1969
43
States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act (No. 2) 1965
43
Trade Practices Act 1975
43
Part 2--Amendments commencing first day of first quarter
after Royal Assent
44
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
44
Tax Agent Services Act 2009
49
Part 3--Amendments with other commencements
53
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
53
Corporations Act 2001
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Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
55
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
56
Taxation Administration Act 1953
57
Part 4--Application of amendments
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A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
1
taxation, competition and charities, to make
2
various minor and technical amendments of the
3
statute law in the Treasury portfolio, to repeal
4
certain obsolete Acts, and for related purposes
5
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
7
This Act is the
Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6)
8
Act 2020
.
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Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Bill 2020
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2 Commencement
1
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
2
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
3
column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
4
according to its terms.
5
6
Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The first 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or
1 October to occur after the day this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
3. Schedule 2,
Part 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
4. Schedule 2,
Part 2
The later of:
(a) the day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) 28 February 2021.
5. Schedule 3
The day after the end of the period of 3
months beginning on the day this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
6. Schedule 4,
Part 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
7. Schedule 4,
Part 2
The first 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or
1 October to occur after the day this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
8. Schedule 4,
items 112 and 113
The later of:
(a) the day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) immediately after the commencement of
Schedule 2 to the
Treasury Laws
Amendment (Registries Modernisation
and Other Measures) Act 2020
.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
9. Schedule 4,
item 114
The later of:
(a) the day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) immediately after the commencement of
item 381 of Schedule 1 to the
Treasury
Laws Amendment (Registries
Modernisation and Other Measures) Act
2020
.
10. Schedule 4,
items 115 to 120
The later of:
(a) the day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) the day items 1 to 1258 of Schedule 1 to
the
Treasury Laws Amendment
(Registries Modernisation and Other
Measures) Act 2020
commence.
11. Schedule 4,
item 121
The later of:
(a) the day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) immediately after the commencement of
Schedule 1 to the
Treasury Laws
Amendment (Design and Distribution
Obligations and Product Intervention
Powers) Act 2019
.
12. Schedule 4,
item 122
The later of:
(a) the day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) immediately after the commencement of
the
Family Law Amendment (Western
Australia De Facto Superannuation
Splitting and Bankruptcy) Act 2020
.
However, the provisions do not commence
at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b)
does not occur.
13. Schedule 4,
items 123, 124,
125 and 126
The later of:
(a) the day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
(b) immediately after the commencement of
Schedule 2 to the
Treasury Laws
Amendment (Registries Modernisation
and Other Measures) Act 2020
.
14. Schedule 4,
items 127 to 143
The later of:
(a) the day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) the day items 1 to 1258 of Schedule 1 to
the
Treasury Laws Amendment
(Registries Modernisation and Other
Measures) Act 2020
commence.
15. Schedule 4,
item 144
The later of:
(a) immediately after the provisions covered
by table item 10 commence; and
(b) the day Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the
Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting
Australia's National Security)
Act 2020
commences.
However, the provisions do not commence
at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b)
does not occur.
16. Schedule 4,
Part 4
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
1
enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
2
this Act.
3
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
4
Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
5
may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
6
3 Schedules
7
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
8
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
9
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
10
according to its terms.
11
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Main amendments
Part 1
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Schedule 1--Temporary full expensing of
1
depreciating assets and other
2
amendments
3
Part 1--Main amendments
4
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
5
1 Paragraphs 160-15(1)(a), (b) and (c)
6
After "how much" (wherever occurring), insert "(expressed as a
7
specified amount)".
8
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
9
2 At the end of subsection 40-120(1)
10
Add:
11
; and (d) you have not made a choice under section 40-137 in relation
12
to the income year.
13
3 At the end of Subdivision 40-BA
14
Add:
15
40-137 Choice to not apply this Subdivision to an asset
16
(1) You may choose that the decline in value of a particular
17
depreciating asset for an income year, and subsequent income
18
years, is not to be worked out under this Subdivision.
19
(2) The choice must be in the approved form.
20
(3) The choice cannot be revoked.
21
(4) You must give the choice to the Commissioner by the day you
22
lodge your income tax return for the first income year to which the
23
choice relates.
24
Note:
The Commissioner may defer the time for giving the choice: see
25
section 388-55 in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
.
26
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4 After section 40-155
1
Insert:
2
40-157 Corporate tax entities with income under $5 billion
3
(1) This section covers you for an income year if:
4
(a) you are a corporate tax entity at any time in the income year;
5
and
6
(b) any of the following amounts is less than $5 billion:
7
(i) the sum of your ordinary income (if any) and statutory
8
income (if any) for the 2018-19 income year;
9
(ii) if the 2019-20 income year ends on or before 6 October
10
2020--the sum of your ordinary income (if any) and
11
statutory income (if any) for the 2019-20 income year;
12
and
13
(c) the sum of the amounts worked out under subsection (3) for
14
the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 income years exceeds
15
$100 million.
16
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), disregard non-assessable
17
non-exempt income.
18
(3) The amount under this subsection for an income year is worked out
19
as follows:
20
(a) firstly, identify each depreciating asset (other than an
21
intangible asset) that:
22
(i) you hold at any time in the income year; and
23
(ii) you started to use, or have installed ready for use, for a
24
taxable purpose in the income year;
25
(b) next, work out the cost of each of those assets (including any
26
amounts included in the second element of the asset's cost at
27
a time that is in the income year);
28
(c) finally, work out the total of those costs.
29
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), disregard an asset if, at the time
30
you first used the asset, or had it installed ready for use, for a
31
taxable purpose:
32
(a) it was not reasonable to conclude that you would use the
33
asset principally in Australia for the principal purpose of
34
carrying on a business; or
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(b) it was reasonable to conclude that the asset would never be
1
located in Australia.
2
5 Paragraph 40-160(1)(d)
3
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
4
(d) you are covered for the current year by any of the following:
5
(i) section 40-155 (about businesses with turnover under $5
6
billion);
7
(ii) section 40-157 (about corporate tax entities with income
8
under $5 billion); and
9
6 At the end of subsection 40-160(1)
10
Add:
11
; and (f) you have not made a choice under section 40-190 in relation
12
to the current year.
13
7 Subsection 40-160(2)
14
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
15
Exclusions
16
(2) However, this section does not apply if:
17
(a) where section 40-155 covers you for the current year
18
(regardless whether section 40-157 also covers you for the
19
current year)--an exclusion applies to you and the asset for
20
the current year under section 40-165 (about exclusions for
21
businesses with turnover of $50 million or more); or
22
(b) where section 40-157 covers you for the current year (but
23
section 40-155 does not):
24
(i) an exclusion applies to you and the asset for the current
25
year under section 40-165; or
26
(ii) an exclusion applies to you and the asset for the current
27
year under section 40-167 (about exclusions for
28
corporate tax entities with income under $5 billion).
29
8 Section 40-165 (heading)
30
Repeal the heading, substitute:
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40-165 Exclusions--entities covered by section 40-155 or 40-157
1
9 Paragraph 40-165(1)(a)
2
Before "section 40-155 would not cover you", insert "where
3
paragraph 40-160(2)(a) applies--".
4
10 After section 40-165
5
Insert:
6
40-167 Exclusions--entities covered by section 40-157
7
(1) For the purposes of subsections 40-160(2) and 40-170(1A), an
8
exclusion applies to you and an asset for an income year if any of
9
the exclusions in this section applies in relation to the asset.
10
Exclusion--intangible assets
11
(2) This exclusion applies in relation to the asset if the asset is an
12
intangible asset.
13
Exclusion--assets previously held by associates
14
(3) This exclusion applies in relation to the asset if it had been
15
previously held by an associate of yours.
16
Exclusion--assets available for use by associates or foreign
17
residents
18
(4) This exclusion applies in relation to the asset if the asset is
19
available for use, at any time in the income year, by any of the
20
following:
21
(a) an associate of yours;
22
(b) an entity that is a foreign resident.
23
11 Paragraph 40-170(1)(c)
24
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
25
(c) you are covered for the current year by any of the following:
26
(i) section 40-155 (about businesses with turnover under $5
27
billion);
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(ii) section 40-157 (about corporate tax entities with income
1
under $5 billion); and
2
12 After subsection 40-170(1)
3
Insert:
4
Exclusions
5
(1A) However, this section does not apply if:
6
(a) section 40-157 covers you for the current year (but
7
section 40-155 does not); and
8
(b) an exclusion applies to you and the asset for the current year
9
under section 40-167 (about exclusions for corporate tax
10
entities with income under $5 billion).
11
13 At the end of subsection 40-170(1)
12
Add:
13
; and (f) you have not made a choice under section 40-190 in relation
14
to the current year.
15
14 At the end of Subdivision 40-BB
16
Add:
17
40-185 Balancing adjustment for assets not used or located in
18
Australia
19
(1) This section applies if the decline in value for a depreciating asset
20
for an income year is worked out under this Subdivision, and at a
21
time (the
balancing adjustment time
) in a later income year:
22
(a) either:
23
(i) it becomes not reasonable to conclude that you will use
24
the asset principally in Australia for the principal
25
purpose of carrying on a business; or
26
(ii) it becomes reasonable to conclude that the asset will
27
never be located in Australia; and
28
(b) none of the requirements in paragraphs 40-295(1)(a), (b) or
29
(c) of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
are satisfied in
30
relation to the asset.
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Balancing adjustment event and termination value
1
(2) For the purposes of Subdivision 40-D of the
Income Tax
2
Assessment Act 1997
assume that, at the balancing adjustment
3
time, you stop using the asset, or having it installed ready for use,
4
for any purpose and you expect never to use it, or have it installed
5
ready for use, again.
6
Cost resulting from balancing adjustment event
7
(3) For the purposes of section 40-180 of the
Income Tax Assessment
8
Act 1997
assume that the reference in item 3 of the table in
9
subsection 40-180(2) of that Act to "because you stop using it for
10
any purpose expecting never to use it again" were instead a
11
reference to "because of section 40-185 of the
Income Tax
12
(Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
".
13
Subdivision does not apply for income year after balancing
14
adjustment event
15
(4) If a balancing adjustment event happens to a depreciating asset you
16
hold because of this section, this Subdivision cannot apply to work
17
out the decline in value of the asset for a later income year.
18
40-190 Choice to not apply this Subdivision to an asset for an
19
income year
20
(1) You may choose that the decline in value of a particular
21
depreciating asset for an income year is not to be worked out under
22
this Subdivision.
23
(2) The choice must be in the approved form.
24
(3) The choice cannot be revoked.
25
(4) You must give the choice to the Commissioner by the day you
26
lodge your income tax return for the income year to which the
27
choice relates.
28
Note:
The Commissioner may defer the time for giving the choice: see
29
section 388-55 in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
.
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15 Application
1
To avoid doubt, section 40-185 of the
Income Tax (Transitional
2
Provisions) Act 1997
(as inserted by this Schedule) can apply even if
3
the balancing adjustment time mentioned in that section occurs before
4
the commencement of this Schedule.
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Part 2--Technical amendments
1
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
2
16 Subsection 328-181(5) (heading)
3
Repeal the heading, substitute:
4
Low pool value
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Schedule 2--Amendments of the consumer
1
data right
2
Part 1--Initial amendments
3
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
4
1 Paragraph 56AC(2)(c)
5
Omit "beginning to hold the designated information", substitute
6
"holding the designated information".
7
2 Paragraph 56AJ(1)(b)
8
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
9
(b) the CDR data is held by (or on behalf of) the person on or
10
after the earliest holding day specified in the designation
11
instrument; and
12
(ba) in the case of the CDR data beginning to be held by (or on
13
behalf of) the person before that earliest holding day, the
14
CDR data:
15
(i) is of continuing use and relevance; and
16
(ii) is not about the provision before that earliest holding
17
day of a product or service by (or on behalf of) the
18
person; and
19
3 Subsection 56AJ(1) (note 2)
20
Repeal the note, substitute:
21
Note 2:
For a product or service that the person began providing before the
22
earliest holding day and continued providing after that day:
23
(a) subparagraph (ba)(ii) means the person will not be the data
24
holder of CDR data about the person's provision of the product
25
or service before that day; but
26
(b) the person will be the data holder of CDR data about the person's
27
provision of the product or service on or after that day.
28
4 Subsection 56AM(4)
29
Omit "if it is not chargeable CDR data.", substitute:
30
if:
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(a) the consumer data rules require it to be disclosed; and
1
(b) it is not chargeable CDR data.
2
5 At the end of section 56AR
3
Add:
4
(5) If the CDR provisions so apply to an entity covered by
5
subsection (1):
6
(a) as a data holder of CDR data, the entity is conferred such
7
functions as are necessary to enable the entity to operate as a
8
data holder in accordance with the CDR provisions; or
9
(b) as a designated gateway for CDR data, the entity is conferred
10
such functions as are necessary to enable the entity to operate
11
as a designated gateway in accordance with the CDR
12
provisions.
13
6 At the end of Division 1 of Part IVD
14
Add:
15
Subdivision F--Application to acts done by or in relation to
16
agents etc. of CDR entities
17
56AU Acts done by or in relation to agents etc. of CDR entities
18
Conduct of agents etc. of a CDR entity attributable to the CDR
19
entity
20
(1) For the purposes of this Part and the consumer data rules, each of
21
the following provisions applies to a CDR entity who is not a body
22
corporate in a corresponding way to the way that provision applies
23
to a CDR entity who is a body corporate:
24
(a) section 84 of this Act;
25
(b) section 97 of the Regulatory Powers Act (to the extent that it
26
applies in relation to a provision of this Part).
27
Acts done in relation to an agent of a CDR entity taken to be done
28
in relation to the CDR entity
29
(2) For the purposes of this Part and the consumer data rules, if an act
30
is done by a person in relation to another person (the
agent
) who:
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(a) is acting on behalf of a CDR entity; and
1
(b) is so acting within the agent's actual or apparent authority;
2
the act is taken to have also been done in relation to the CDR
3
entity.
4
Definitions
5
(3) In this section:
6
CDR entity
means any of the following:
7
(a) a data holder of CDR data;
8
(b) an accredited person;
9
(c) a designated gateway for CDR data.
10
7 At the end of paragraph 56BD(1)(b)
11
Add:
12
; or (iv) a data holder of the CDR data by a designated gateway
13
for the CDR data; or
14
(v) a person acting on behalf a person referred to in
15
subparagraph (ii), (iii) or (iv).
16
8 After paragraph 56BJ(i)
17
Insert:
18
(ia) rules requiring agents of any of the following entities (a
CDR
19
entity
):
20
(i) a data holder of CDR data;
21
(ii) an accredited person;
22
(iii) a designated gateway for CDR data;
23
to do or not to do specified things when acting on behalf of
24
the CDR entity and within the agent's actual or apparent
25
authority;
26
9 Section 56EA
27
Omit:
28
The privacy safeguards apply mainly to accredited data recipients,
29
but also to data holders and designated gateways, in relation to
30
their handling of the CDR data.
31
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substitute:
1
The privacy safeguards apply mainly to accredited persons, but
2
also to data holders and designated gateways, in relation to their
3
handling or future handling of the CDR data.
4
10 After paragraph 56EC(4)(a)
5
Insert:
6
(aa) if section 56ED, 56EE, 56EF or 56EG applies to an
7
accredited person in relation to CDR data--the
8
corresponding Australian Privacy Principle does not apply to
9
the accredited person in relation to the CDR data; and
10
11 Subsection 56EC(5)
11
Omit "paragraphs (4)(b) to (d)", substitute "paragraphs (4)(aa) to (d)".
12
12 Before paragraph 56EC(5)(a)
13
Insert:
14
(aa) an accredited person who does not become an accredited data
15
recipient of the CDR data; or
16
13 Paragraph 56ED(1)(b)
17
Before "an accredited data recipient", insert "an accredited person who
18
is or who may become".
19
14 Subsection 56ED(5)
20
After "If the CDR entity is", insert "an accredited person who is or who
21
may become".
22
15 Paragraph 56ED(5)(a)
23
Before "held by", insert "that is or may become".
24
16 Paragraph 56ED(5)(a)
25
After "is held", insert "or is to be held".
26
17 Subsection 56EE(1)
27
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(1) A person who is:
1
(a) an accredited data recipient of CDR data; or
2
(b) an accredited person who may become an accredited data
3
recipient of CDR data;
4
must give each CDR consumer for that CDR data the option of
5
using a pseudonym, or not identifying themselves, when dealing
6
with the person in relation to that CDR data.
7
Note:
The CDR participant from whom the person acquired (or may acquire)
8
the CDR data may be subject to a similar obligation under Australian
9
Privacy Principle 2.
10
18 Section 56EH
11
Omit "If a person collects CDR data in accordance with section 56EF,
12
the person must:", substitute "If an accredited data recipient of CDR
13
data collected the CDR data in accordance with section 56EF, the
14
accredited data recipient must:".
15
19 Paragraph 56EN(4)(b)
16
After "requests", insert ", in accordance with the consumer data rules,".
17
20 Subsection 56EN(4)
18
After "request by disclosing the corrected CDR data", insert ", in
19
accordance with the consumer data rules,".
20
21 After subsection 56EN(4)
21
Insert:
22
(4A) Subsection (4) does not apply in the circumstances specified in the
23
consumer data rules.
24
22 After subsection 56ER(1)
25
Insert:
26
(1A) The Information Commissioner may assess whether an accredited
27
person who may become an accredited data recipient of CDR data
28
is complying with:
29
(a) section 56ED (about privacy safeguard 1); or
30
(b) the consumer data rules to the extent that those rules relate to
31
that section.
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23 Subsections 56ER(2) and (3)
1
Omit "the assessment", substitute "an assessment under subsection (1)
2
or (1A)".
3
24 Paragraph 56ET(3)(a)
4
Omit "or designated gateway", substitute ", designated gateway or
5
accredited person".
6
25 Subsection 56ET(3)
7
Omit "act of practice", substitute "act or practice".
8
26 After paragraph 56ET(4)(b)
9
Insert:
10
or (c) an accredited person who may become an accredited data
11
recipient of CDR data;
12
27 Subparagraph 56ET(5)(b)(ii)
13
Omit "respondent; and", substitute "respondent; or".
14
28 At the end of paragraph 56ET(5)(b)
15
Add:
16
(iii) in the case of a complaint about an act or practice of an
17
accredited person who may become an accredited data
18
recipient of CDR data--the accredited person is the
19
respondent; and
20
29 At the end of paragraph 56ET(5)(d)
21
Add:
22
(iii) a paragraph that states that an act or practice of an
23
accredited person who may become an accredited data
24
recipient of CDR data has breached a privacy safeguard;
25
and
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1
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
2
30 Subsection 56AD(2)
3
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
4
(2) Before making an instrument under subsection 56AC(2), the
5
Minister must:
6
(a) be satisfied that the Secretary of the Department has
7
complied with section 56AE in relation to the making of the
8
instrument; and
9
(b) wait at least 60 days after the day the Secretary publishes the
10
report relating to the making of the instrument (see
11
section 56AE).
12
31 Section 56AE
13
Repeal the section, substitute:
14
56AE Secretary must arrange for analysis, consultation and report
15
about an instrument proposing to designate a sector
16
(1) The Secretary of the Department complies with this section in
17
relation to the making of an instrument under subsection 56AC(2)
18
if the Secretary arranges for all of the following:
19
(a) an analysis of the matters in paragraphs 56AD(1)(a) to (e) in
20
relation to the instrument;
21
(b) public consultation about those matters in relation to the
22
instrument:
23
(i) for at least 28 days; and
24
(ii) in one or more ways that includes making information
25
available on the Department's website and inviting the
26
public to comment;
27
(c) consultation with each of the following about those matters
28
in relation to the instrument:
29
(i) the Commission;
30
(ii) the Information Commissioner;
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(iii) the person or body (if any) that the Secretary believes to
1
be the primary regulator of the sector that the instrument
2
would designate;
3
(iv) any person or body prescribed by the regulations;
4
(d) the preparation of a report for the Minister about that analysis
5
and consultation.
6
(2) The Secretary must publish the report on the Department's website.
7
56AEA Commission must analyse an instrument proposing to
8
designate a sector
9
When the Commission is consulted under
10
subparagraph 56AE(1)(c)(i), the Commission must analyse the
11
matters in paragraphs 56AD(1)(a) to (e) in relation to the
12
instrument.
13
32 Section 56AG
14
Repeal the section.
15
33 Section 56AH
16
Omit "56AE, 56AF or 56AG", substitute "56AE, 56AEA or 56AF".
17
34 Section 56BA (heading)
18
Omit "
Commission
", substitute "
Minister
".
19
35 Subsection 56BA(1)
20
Omit "Commission", substitute "Minister".
21
36 Subdivision C of Division 2 of Part IVD
22
Repeal the Subdivision, substitute:
23
Subdivision C--Process for making consumer data rules etc.
24
56BP Minister's tasks before making the rules
25
Before making consumer data rules under subsection 56BA(1), the
26
Minister must:
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(a) consider the kinds of matters referred to in paragraphs
1
56AD(1)(a) and (b) in relation to the making of the rules; and
2
(b) be satisfied that the Secretary of the Department has
3
complied with section 56BQ in relation to the making of the
4
rules; and
5
(c) wait at least 60 days after the day public consultation begins
6
under paragraph 56BQ(b) about the making of the rules.
7
56BQ Secretary must arrange for consultation and report before the
8
rules are made
9
The Secretary of the Department complies with this section in
10
relation to the making of consumer data rules if the Secretary
11
arranges for all of the following:
12
(a) an analysis of the kinds of matters referred to in paragraphs
13
56AD(1)(a) and (b) in relation to the making of the rules;
14
(b) public consultation about the making of the rules:
15
(i) for at least 28 days; and
16
(ii) in one or more ways that includes making information
17
available on the Department's website and inviting the
18
public to comment;
19
(c) consultation with each of the following about the making of
20
the rules:
21
(i) the Commission;
22
(ii) the Information Commissioner;
23
(iii) the person or body (if any) that the Secretary believes to
24
be the primary regulator of the sector;
25
(iv) any person or body prescribed by the regulations;
26
(d) the preparation of a report for the Minister about that analysis
27
and consultation.
28
56BR Commission and Information Commissioner must analyse the
29
proposed rules
30
When consulted under paragraph 56BQ(c), the Commission and
31
the Information Commissioner must each analyse the kinds of
32
matters referred to in paragraphs 56AD(1)(a) and (b) in relation to
33
the making of the rules.
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56BS Emergency rules: public consultation not required etc.
1
(1) The Minister may make consumer data rules under
2
subsection 56BA(1):
3
(a) without complying with paragraph 56BP(b) or (c); but
4
(b) after consulting the Commission and Information
5
Commissioner;
6
if the Minister believes (whether or not that belief is reasonable)
7
that it is necessary to do so in order to avoid a risk of serious harm
8
to:
9
(c) the efficiency, integrity or stability of any aspect of the
10
Australian economy; or
11
(d) the interests of consumers.
12
Note:
The Minister still needs to comply with paragraph 56BP(a).
13
(2) However, a failure to comply with paragraph (1)(b) of this section
14
does not invalidate consumer data rules made as described in
15
subsection (1).
16
Note:
Such rules may have a limited life (see section 56BT).
17
56BT Emergency rules: consequences if made
18
If:
19
(a) the Minister makes consumer data rules as described in
20
subsection 56BS(1) (the
emergency rules
); and
21
(b) the emergency rules are made without consulting either the
22
Commission or the Information Commissioner, or both;
23
the emergency rules cease to be in force 6 months after the day
24
they are made.
25
Note:
If the emergency rules vary other consumer data rules, this section
26
causes only the emergency rules to cease to be in force.
27
56BTA Other matters
28
A failure to comply with section 56BP, 56BQ or 56BR does not
29
invalidate consumer data rules made under subsection 56BA(1).
30
37 Section 56DA (heading)
31
Omit "
Commission
", substitute "
Minister
".
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38 Subsections 56DA(1) and (2)
1
Omit "Commission", substitute "Minister".
2
39 Subsection 56DA(3)
3
Omit "Commission" (wherever occurring), substitute "Minister".
4
40 Subsection 56DA(4)
5
Omit "Commission must consult the Information Commissioner about
6
the scheme", substitute "Minister must arrange for the Information
7
Commissioner to be consulted about the scheme".
8
41 Paragraph 56GA(1)(b)
9
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
10
(b) to consult with or advise any of the following about any
11
matter relevant to the operation of this Part (or the operation
12
of instruments made under this Part):
13
(i) the Minister;
14
(ii) the Secretary of the Department;
15
(iii) the Commission;
16
(iv) the Data Standards Chair.
17
42 After section 56GA
18
Insert:
19
56GAA Delegation by Secretary
20
(1) The Secretary of the Department may, in writing, delegate all or
21
any of the Secretary's functions or powers under this Part to an
22
SES employee, or an acting SES employee, in the Department.
23
Note:
Sections 34AA to 34A of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
contain
24
provisions relating to delegations.
25
(2) In performing a delegated function or exercising a delegated
26
power, the delegate must comply with any written directions of the
27
Secretary.
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56GAB Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws
1
The CDR provisions are not intended to exclude or limit the
2
operation of a law of a State or Territory that is capable of
3
operating concurrently with the CDR provisions.
4
43 After subsection 157AA(2)
5
Insert:
6
Disclosure to the Secretary
7
(2A) The Commission or a Commission official may disclose to:
8
(a) the Secretary of the Department; or
9
(b) any employee of the Department or consultant assisting the
10
Secretary in performing the Secretary's functions, or
11
exercising the Secretary's powers, relating to Part IVD;
12
any information that the Commission obtains under this Act, or the
13
consumer data rules, that is relevant or likely to be relevant to the
14
functions or powers referred to in paragraph (b).
15
Note:
The
Privacy Act 1988
also contains provisions relevant to the use and
16
disclosure of information.
17
(2B) The Secretary or a person mentioned in paragraph (2A)(b) must
18
only use the information:
19
(a) for a purpose connected with the performance of the
20
functions, or the exercise of the powers, referred to in
21
paragraph (2A)(b); and
22
(b) in accordance with any conditions imposed under
23
subsection (4).
24
44 Subsection 157AA(4)
25
Omit "(1) or (3)", substitute "(1), (2A) or (3)".
26
45 Application, saving and transitional provisions
27
Consultation underway for designating a sector
28
(1)
Despite the amendments of Part IVD of the
Competition and Consumer
29
Act 2010
made by this Part, Part IVD of that Act continues to apply, in
30
relation to consultation by the Minister:
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(a) starting before the commencement of this Part; and
1
(b) under subsection 56AD(2) of that Act (as in force
2
immediately before that commencement);
3
as if those amendments had not been made.
4
Existing rules taken to be have been made by the Minister
5
(2)
Despite the amendments of Part IVD of the
Competition and Consumer
6
Act 2010
made by this Part, rules made by the Commission that are in
7
force under subsection 56BA(1) of that Act immediately before the
8
commencement of this Part:
9
(a) continue in force; and
10
(b) may be dealt with;
11
on and after that commencement as if they had been made by the
12
Minister under that subsection as amended by this Part.
13
Consultation underway for making consumer data rules
14
(3)
If:
15
(a) at a time (the
consultation start time
) before the
16
commencement of this Part, the Commission begins
17
consulting the public under paragraph 56BQ(1)(a) of the
18
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
(as in force at that time)
19
about the making of consumer data rules; and
20
(b) immediately before the commencement of this Part, the rules
21
that were the subject of that consultation have yet to be
22
made;
23
then, on and after that commencement, Subdivision C of Division 2 of
24
Part IVD of that Act applies to that consultation as if the Secretary had
25
arranged for it to begin under paragraph 56BQ(b) of that Act (as
26
amended by this Part) at the consultation start time.
27
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1
National Redress Scheme
2
3
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act
4
2012
5
1 At the end of section 205-35
6
Add:
7
(6) An entity is also not a
basic religious charity
at a time if:
8
(a) either:
9
(i) an application for redress is made under section 19 of
10
the
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child
11
Sexual Abuse Act 2018
that identifies the entity as being
12
involved in the abuse of a person; or
13
(ii) an application for redress is made and
information is
14
given in response to a request under section 24 or 25 of
15
that Act that identifies the entity as being involved in
16
the abuse of a person; and
17
(b) the application for redress has not been withdrawn under
18
section 22 of that Act; and
19
(c) the entity is not a participating non-government institution
20
(within the meaning of that Act) on a particular day (the
21
relevant day
).
22
However, if an entity becomes a participating non-government
23
institution after the relevant day, this subsection does not apply to
24
the entity at any time during which the entity is a participating
25
non-government institution.
26
(7) For the purposes of subsection (6), it does not matter whether the
27
application is valid.
28
(8) For the purposes of paragraph (6)(c), the relevant day is:
29
(a) for applications made before 1 January 2021--the later of the
30
following days:
31
(i) the day this section commences;
32
(ii) if, on the day this section commences, the 6 month
33
period beginning on the day the application was made
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has not ended, the day after the end of that 6 month
1
period; or
2
(b) in any other case--the latest of the following days:
3
(i) if a request is made under section 24 or 25 of that Act in
4
relation to the application and information is given in
5
response to the request, the day after the end of the 6
6
month period that begins on the day that the information
7
is given;
8
(ii) if a request is made under section 24 or 25 of that Act in
9
relation to the application and information is not given
10
in response to the request, the day after the end of the 6
11
month period that begins on the day the application is
12
made;
13
(iii) if a request is not made under section 24 or 25 of that
14
Act in relation to the application, the day after the end
15
of the 6 month period that begins on the day the
16
application is made;
17
(iv) the day prescribed by the regulations.
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1
Part 1--Amendments commencing day after Royal
2
Assent
3
Division 1
--Amendments
4
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act
5
2012
6
1 At the end of section 60-65
7
Add:
8
Note:
Section 175-35 provides for an administrative penalty for failing to
9
give the Commissioner a statement required by this Act within the
10
required time.
11
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
12
2 Subsection 12(1)
13
Omit "may give ASIC a written direction", substitute "may, by
14
legislative instrument, give ASIC a direction".
15
3 Subsection 12(5)
16
Repeal the subsection.
17
4 In the appropriate position
18
Insert:
19
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Part 33--Transitional provision relating to the
1
Treasury Laws Amendment (2020
2
Measures No. 6) Act 2020
3
4
331 Transitional--directions by Minister
5
A direction given under subsection 12(1) of this Act that is in force
6
immediately before the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to
7
the
Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Act 2020
8
continues in force (and may be dealt with) as if it had been given
9
under that subsection as amended by that Part.
10
Business Names Registration Act 2011
11
5 Section 88
12
Repeal the section.
13
6 Paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1
14
Omit "
Co-operatives Act 1992
", substitute "
Co-operatives (Adoption of
15
National Law) Act 2012
".
16
7 Paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1
17
Omit "
Co-operatives Act 1996
", substitute "
Co-operatives National
18
Law Application Act 2013
".
19
8 Paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 1
20
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
21
(a) the register of co-operatives established under the
22
Co-operatives National Law (South Australia) Act 2013
of
23
South Australia;
24
9 Paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 1
25
Omit "
Cooperatives Act 1999
", substitute "
Co-operatives National Law
26
(Tasmania) Act 2015
".
27
10 Paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 1
28
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
29
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(a) the register of co-operatives established under the
1
Co-operatives National Law (ACT) Act 2017
of the
2
Australian Capital Territory;
3
11 Paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 1
4
Omit "
Co-operatives Act
", substitute "
Co-operatives (National Uniform
5
Legislation) Act 2015
".
6
Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973
7
12 Subsection 5(2)
8
Omit "the Northern Territory" (second and third occurring), substitute
9
"that Territory".
10
13 Subsection 8(3)
11
Omit "his or her", substitute "the member's".
12
14 Subsection 8(6A)
13
Omit "his or her", substitute "the Chairperson's".
14
15 Subsection 8(6A) and section 9
15
Omit "he or she shall", substitute "the Chairperson is to".
16
16 Subsection 9A(1)
17
Omit "he or she shall", substitute "the member is to".
18
17 Subsection 11(1)
19
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
20
(1) A member may resign the member's appointment by giving the
21
Governor-General a written resignation.
22
(1A) The resignation takes effect on the day it is received by the
23
Governor-General or, if a later day is specified in the resignation,
24
on that later day.
25
18 Subsection 12(7)
26
Omit "his or her", substitute "the member's".
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19 Subsection 12(7)
1
Omit "he or she", substitute "the member".
2
20 Paragraph 13(1)(c)
3
Omit "his or her", substitute "the Chairperson's".
4
21 Paragraph 13(2)(c)
5
Omit "his or her", substitute "the part-time member's".
6
22 Subsections 14(5) and 15(1)
7
Omit "he or she", substitute "the Chairperson".
8
23 Section 16AA (heading)
9
Omit "
Inquiries relating
", substitute "
Assistance
".
10
24 Subsection 19(1)
11
Omit "may, by writing under his or her hand, determine", substitute
12
"may determine in writing".
13
25 Subsection 19(2)
14
Omit "he or she may, by writing under his or her hand", substitute "the
15
Chairperson may, in writing".
16
26 After subsection 19(2)
17
Insert:
18
(2A) A determination made under subsection (1) is not a legislative
19
instrument.
20
27 Subsection 23(1)
21
Omit "him or her", substitute "the person".
22
28 Section 24
23
Omit "he or she", substitute "the person".
24
29 Subsection 25(3)
25
Omit "him or her as he or she", substitute "the Minister as the
26
Minister".
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Competition and Consumer Act 2010
1
30 Section 4B
2
Repeal the section, substitute:
3
4B Consumers
4
For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears,
5
a person is taken to have acquired particular goods or services as a
6
consumer
if the person would be taken to have acquired the goods
7
or services as a consumer under section 3 of the Australian
8
Consumer Law.
9
31 Subsection 56AI(4)
10
Omit "Subsection 4B(1)", substitute "Section 4B".
11
32 Subsection 90(8)
12
Omit "to the extent that", substitute "if".
13
33 Paragraph 154G(1)(d)
14
After "accessible by doing so", insert "(including evidential material not
15
held at the premises)".
16
34 Subsection 154V(3) (heading)
17
Omit "
Affect
", substitute "
Effect
".
18
Note:
This item fixes a grammatical error.
19
35 Section 260 of Schedule 2
20
Before "A failure", insert "(1)".
21
36 At the end of section 260 of Schedule 2
22
Add:
23
(2) A failure to comply with a guarantee referred to in
24
section 259(1)(b) that applies to a supply of goods is also a
major
25
failure
if:
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(a) the failure is one of 2 or more failures to comply with a
1
guarantee referred to in section 259(1)(b) that apply to the
2
supply; and
3
(b) the goods would not have been acquired by a reasonable
4
consumer fully acquainted with the nature and extent of those
5
failures, taken as a whole.
6
Note:
The multiple failures do not need to relate to the same guarantee.
7
(3) Subsection (2) applies regardless of whether the consumer has
8
taken action under section 259 in relation to any of the failures.
9
37 Section 268 of Schedule 2
10
Before "A failure", insert "(1)".
11
38 At the end of section 268 of Schedule 2
12
Add:
13
(2) A failure to comply with a guarantee referred to in
14
section 267(1)(b) that applies to a supply of services is also a
15
major failure
if:
16
(a) the failure is one of 2 or more failures to comply with a
17
guarantee referred to in section 267(1)(b) that apply to the
18
supply; and
19
(b) the services would not have been acquired by a reasonable
20
consumer fully acquainted with the nature and extent of those
21
failures, taken as a whole.
22
Note:
The multiple failures do not need to relate to the same guarantee.
23
(3) Subsection (2) applies regardless of whether the consumer has
24
taken action under section 267 in relation to any of the failures.
25
39 In the appropriate position in Chapter 6 of Schedule 2
26
Insert:
27
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Part 6--Application and transitional provisions
1
relating to the Treasury Laws Amendment
2
(2020 Measures No. 6) Act 2020
3
4
303 Application of amendments relating to multiple non-major
5
consumer guarantee failures
6
(1) The amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the
Treasury
7
Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Act 2020
apply in
8
relation to goods supplied under a contract entered into on or after
9
the day that that Part commences.
10
(2) The amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the
Treasury
11
Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Act 2020
apply in
12
relation to a services supplied under a contract entered into on or
13
after the day that that Part commences.
14
Corporations Act 2001
15
40 Section 9
16
Insert:
17
ASIC delegate
has the same meaning as in the ASIC Act.
18
41 Section 9 (definition of
Commission delegate
)
19
Repeal the definition.
20
42 Section 9 (paragraph (c) of the definition of
professional
21
investor
)
22
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
23
(c) the person is a registered entity within the meaning of the
24
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
;
25
43 Section 106
26
Omit "a Commission", substitute "an ASIC".
27
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44 Section 106
1
Omit "the Commission", substitute "the ASIC".
2
45 Paragraph 761EA(10)(b)
3
Omit "for the purposes of the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
".
4
Note:
This item removes an incorrect and redundant citation of a short title of an Act.
5
46 Subsection 850B(2)
6
Omit "earlier than the day after the last day on which the regulations
7
may be disallowed under Part 5 of the
Legislative Instruments Act
8
2003
", substitute "before the first day those regulations are no longer
9
liable to be disallowed, or to be taken to have been disallowed, under
10
section 42 of the
Legislation Act 2003
".
11
Note:
This item fixes an incorrect cross-reference and an incorrect citation of a short title of an
12
Act.
13
47 Paragraph 985M(6)(b)
14
Omit "for the purposes of the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
".
15
Note:
This item removes an incorrect and redundant citation of a short title of an Act.
16
48 Subsection 1017BB(5AA) (heading)
17
Repeal the heading.
18
Note:
This item and item 49 relocate a subsection heading to its appropriate position.
19
49 Before subsection 1017BB(6)
20
Insert:
21
Definitions
22
Note:
This item and item 48 relocate a subsection heading to its appropriate position.
23
50 Paragraph 1315(1)(b)
24
Omit "a Commission", substitute "an ASIC".
25
51 Subsection 1317E(3) (table item dealing with
26
subsection 588GAB(2))
27
Omit "Subsection", substitute "subsection".
28
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Note:
This item changes the capitalisation of the first word in a table item, for consistency
1
with current drafting practice in that table.
2
52 Subsection 1317E(3) (table item dealing with
3
subsection 588GAC(2))
4
Omit "Subsection", substitute "subsection".
5
Note:
This item changes the capitalisation of the first word in a table item, for consistency
6
with current drafting practice in that table.
7
53 Subsection 1317E(3) (table item dealing with
8
subsection 1317AAE(1))
9
Omit "Subsection", substitute "subsection".
10
Note:
This item changes the capitalisation of the first word in a table item, for consistency
11
with current drafting practice in that table.
12
54 Subsection 1317E(3) (table item dealing with
13
subsections 1317AC(1), (2) and (3))
14
Omit "Subsections", substitute "subsections".
15
Note:
This item changes the capitalisation of the first word in a table item, for consistency
16
with current drafting practice in that table.
17
55 At the end of paragraphs 32(1)(a) to (j) of Schedule 4
18
Add ";".
19
Note:
This item adds semi-colons at the end of paragraphs, for consistency with current
20
drafting practice.
21
Life Insurance Act 1995
22
56 Paragraph 200(2)(b)
23
After "endorsed", insert "(including by electronic means)".
24
57 Paragraphs 211(1)(b) and 212(1)(b)
25
Omit "$50,000", substitute "$100,000".
26
58 Subsection 213(7)
27
Omit "$25,000", substitute "$50,000".
28
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National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
1
59 Paragraph 167(3)(d)
2
Omit "court in foreign country", substitute "court in a foreign country".
3
Note:
This item fixes a grammatical error.
4
60 Subsections 194(3), (4) and (5) of the
National Credit Code
5
(headings)
6
Omit "
etc
", substitute "
etc.
".
7
Note:
This item fixes a spelling error.
8
National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and
9
Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
10
61 Subitem 4(2) of Schedule 8
11
Omit "National Consumer and Credit Protection Act 2009", substitute
12
"
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
".
13
Note:
This item fixes an incorrect citation of a short title of an Act.
14
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
15
62 Subsection 23(12)
16
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
17
Reduction of ordinary time earnings base if amount excluded from
18
employee's salary or wages
19
(12) If:
20
(a) because of section 27 or 28, an amount of an employee's
21
salary or wages is not taken into account for the purpose of
22
making a calculation under section 19; and
23
(b) a portion of that amount (which could be all of it) is included
24
in the employee's ordinary time earnings base for the quarter
25
in respect of the employer;
26
for the purposes of this section, the employee's ordinary time
27
earnings base for the quarter in respect of the employer is taken to
28
be reduced by an amount equal to that portion.
29
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63 Subsection 26(1)
1
Omit "excluded salary or wages are paid by an employer to an
2
employee", substitute "the only salary or wages paid by an employer to
3
an employee are excluded salary or wages".
4
64 Subsection 27(2)
5
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
6
(2) If:
7
(a) an employer pays an employee salary or wages in a calendar
8
month; and
9
(b) the portion of those salary or wages that is not covered by
10
subsection (1) is less than $450;
11
that portion of those salary or wages is not to be taken into account
12
for the purpose of making a calculation, in relation to the employer
13
and the employee, under section 19.
14
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
15
65 Subsection 10(1)
16
Insert:
17
lifecycle exception
has the meaning given by subsection 29TC(2).
18
66 Paragraph 29TC(1)(c)
19
Omit "(see subsection (2))".
20
67 Paragraph 29VA(9)(b)
21
Omit "an age cohort identified in the governing rules in relation to the
22
MySuper product for the purposes of this subsection", substitute "a
23
subclass of the members of the fund who hold the MySuper product to
24
whom gains and losses from different classes of asset of the fund may
25
be streamed in accordance with a lifecycle exception".
26
68 Paragraph 29VA(9)(c)
27
Repeal the paragraph.
28
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69 Paragraph 29VA(9)(d)
1
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
2
(d) the investment fees for each such subclass reflect a fair and
3
reasonable attribution of the investment costs of the fund
4
between all such subclasses.
5
70 After subsection 68AAA(2)
6
Insert:
7
(2A) A member's election:
8
(a) that:
9
(i) is given under subsection (2); or
10
(ii) because of a previous application of this subsection, is
11
taken to have been given under subsection (2);
12
to the trustee of a regulated superannuation fund (the
original
13
fund
); and
14
(b) that is in force immediately before the transfer of the benefits
15
of the member from the original fund to another regulated
16
superannuation fund (the
successor fund
);
17
continues in force (and may be dealt with) as if it had been given
18
under subsection (2) to the trustee of the successor fund, if:
19
(c) the successor fund confers on the member equivalent rights
20
to the rights the member had under the original fund in
21
respect of the benefits; and
22
(d) before the transfer, the trustee of the successor fund had
23
agreed with the trustee of the original fund that the successor
24
fund will confer such equivalent rights on the member.
25
71 After subsection 68AAB(3)
26
Insert:
27
(3A) A member's election:
28
(a) that:
29
(i) is given under subsection (2); or
30
(ii) because of a previous application of this subsection, is
31
taken to have been given under subsection (2);
32
to the trustee of a regulated superannuation fund (the
original
33
fund
); and
34
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(b) that is in force immediately before the transfer of the benefits
1
of the member from the original fund to another regulated
2
superannuation fund (the
successor fund
);
3
continues in force (and may be dealt with) as if it had been given
4
under subsection (2) to the trustee of the successor fund, if:
5
(c) the successor fund confers on the member equivalent rights
6
to the rights the member had under the original fund in
7
respect of the benefits; and
8
(d) before the transfer, the trustee of the successor fund had
9
agreed with the trustee of the original fund that the successor
10
fund will confer such equivalent rights on the member.
11
72 After subsection 68AAC(3)
12
Insert:
13
(3A) A member's election:
14
(a) that:
15
(i) is given under subsection (2); or
16
(ii) because of a previous application of this subsection, is
17
taken to have been given under subsection (2);
18
to the trustee of a regulated superannuation fund (the
original
19
fund
); and
20
(b) that is in force immediately before the transfer of the benefits
21
of the member from the original fund to another regulated
22
superannuation fund (the
successor fund
);
23
continues in force (and may be dealt with) as if it had been given
24
under subsection (2) to the trustee of the successor fund, if:
25
(c) the successor fund confers on the member equivalent rights
26
to the rights the member had under the original fund in
27
respect of the benefits; and
28
(d) before the transfer, the trustee of the successor fund had
29
agreed with the trustee of the original fund that the successor
30
fund will confer such equivalent rights on the member.
31
73 Subsection 105(3) (paragraph (a) of the definition of
32
member or beneficiary report
)
33
Omit "
Superannuation (Excluded Funds) Taxation Act 1987
", substitute
34
"
Superannuation (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Taxation Act
35
1987
".
36
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Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act
1
1999
2
74 Subparagraph 20QA(1)(a)(ix)
3
Omit "68AAB(5)", substitute "68AAB(2), (5)".
4
75 At the end of paragraph 20QA(1)(a)
5
Add:
6
(x) no benefit that despite section 68AAC of the SIS Act
7
could, because of the application of
8
subsection 68AAC(2) of that Act, be provided to, or in
9
respect of, the member under the product by taking out
10
or maintaining insurance is provided in that way; and
11
Taxation Administration Act 1953
12
76 Subsection 14ZL(1)
13
Omit "of regulations", substitute "a legislative instrument".
14
77 Subparagraph 284-75(4)(b)(iii) in Schedule 1
15
Omit "by you", substitute "to you".
16
78 Paragraph 396-115(1)(a) in Schedule 1
17
After "Entity", insert "(other than a
*
self managed superannuation fund
18
or a
*
small superannuation fund)".
19
79 After paragraph 396-115(3)(a) in Schedule 1
20
Insert:
21
(aa) a
*
self managed superannuation fund account;
22
(ab) a
*
small superannuation fund account;
23
80 Paragraph 396-130(1)(d) in Schedule 1
24
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
25
(d) one or more of the following:
26
(ia) the Reporting Financial Institution;
27
(ib) the Account Holder (within the meaning of the CRS);
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(ic) an intermediary of the Reporting Financial Institution or
1
the Account Holder;
2
(id) any other entity;
3
undertook a transaction, or entered into an
*
arrangement:
4
(i) for the purpose of causing the account not to be such a
5
Reportable Account; or
6
(ii) for 2 or more purposes of which that purpose is the
7
dominant purpose.
8
Division 2
--Repeals of Acts
9
81 Repeals of Acts
10
Repeal the following Acts:
11
Bills of Exchange Act 1971
12
Census and Statistics Act 1920
13
Census and Statistics Act 1930
14
Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1976
15
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1913
16
Excise Act 1962
17
Income Tax Assessment Act (No. 2) 1969
18
Income Tax (International Agreements) Act 1960
19
International Finance Corporation Act 1961
20
International Finance Corporation Act 1963
21
International Finance Corporation Act 1966
22
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Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 1A) 1930
1
Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Act 1960
2
States Grants (Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave)
3
Act 1961
4
States Grants (Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave)
5
Act 1968
6
States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1969
7
States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act (No. 2) 1965
8
Trade Practices Act 1975
9
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1
quarter after Royal Assent
2
3
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
4
82 Section 40-10 (table item
1.5, column headed "Major
5
topic")
6
Omit:
7
ï‚·
fodder storage assets
over 3 income years; or
8
substitute:
9
ï‚·
fodder storage assets
immediately; or
10
83 After subsection 116-30(2B)
11
Insert:
12
(2C) Subsection (2) does not apply if:
13
(a) you are a
*
complying superannuation fund, a
*
complying
14
approved deposit fund or a
*
pooled superannuation trust; and
15
(b) the
*
capital proceeds from the
*
CGT event exceed the
16
*
market value of the
*
CGT asset; and
17
(c) assuming the capital proceeds were your
*
statutory income,
18
the proceeds would be
*
non-arm's length income.
19
84 Section 118-320
20
Before "A
*
capital gain", insert "(1)".
21
85 At the end of section 118-320
22
Add:
23
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a
*
capital gain if the
24
capital gain would, if it were an amount of
*
ordinary income or
25
*
statutory income received by the
*
complying superannuation fund,
26
be
*
non-arm's length income.
27
86 Paragraphs 230-365(a) and (d)
28
Omit "highly".
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87 Section 295-495 (at the end of the table)
1
Add:
2
3
6
CSF
N-CSF
*
RSA provider
An amount payable to a person under an income stream
because of the person's temporary inability to engage in
*
gainful employment
4
88 Subdivision 295-J (heading)
5
Omit "
4 years
", substitute "
5 years
".
6
89 Subsection 295-675(1)
7
After "income year", insert "of the provider".
8
90 At the end of subsection 295-675(1)
9
Add:
10
Note:
In certain circumstances the superannuation provider or RSA provider
11
can get a refund of the tax offset under Division 67.
12
91 Subsection 295-675(2)
13
Repeal the subsection (including the note), substitute:
14
(2) An amount of tax counts towards the offset for the provider for the
15
current year if subsection (3), (4) or (5) applies for the provider and
16
the tax.
17
Superannuation providers and RSA providers--main case
18
(3) This subsection applies for the provider and the tax if:
19
(a) the tax was payable by the provider in one of the most recent
20
3 income years of the provider ending before the current
21
year; and
22
(b) the tax was payable on an amount of
*
no-TFN contributions
23
income of the fund or
*
RSA provider; and
24
(c) the amount of no-TFN contributions income was a
25
contribution made to the fund or provider to provide
26
*
superannuation benefits for an individual who, in the current
27
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year, has
*
quoted (for superannuation purposes) the
1
individual's
*
tax file number to the provider for the first time.
2
Superannuation providers of successor funds
3
(4) This subsection applies for the provider (the
current provider
) and
4
the tax if:
5
(a) the tax was payable on an amount of
*
no-TFN contributions
6
income that:
7
(i) was no-TFN contributions income of another
8
*
superannuation fund (the
previous fund
); and
9
(ii) was a contribution made to the previous fund to provide
10
*
superannuation benefits for an individual; and
11
(b) the tax was so payable by the
*
superannuation provider (the
12
previous provider
) of the previous fund; and
13
(c) the tax was so payable in:
14
(i) one of the most recent 3 income years of the previous
15
provider ending before the current year; or
16
(ii) an income year of the previous provider ending or
17
starting in the current year; and
18
(d) the current provider is the superannuation provider of a
19
*
successor fund in relation to the individual and the previous
20
fund; and
21
(e) the individual:
22
(i) never
*
quoted (for superannuation purposes) the
23
individual's
*
tax file number to the previous provider;
24
but
25
(ii) has, in the current year, done so to the current provider
26
for the first time.
27
RSA providers of successor funds
28
(5) This subsection applies for the provider (the
current provider
) and
29
the tax if:
30
(a) the tax was payable on an amount of
*
no-TFN contributions
31
income that:
32
(i) was no-TFN contributions income of another
*
RSA
33
provider (the
previous provider
); and
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(ii) was a contribution made to the previous provider to
1
provide
*
superannuation benefits for an individual; and
2
(b) the tax was so payable by the previous provider; and
3
(c) the tax was so payable in:
4
(i) one of the most recent 3 income years of the previous
5
provider ending before the current year; or
6
(ii) an income year of the previous provider ending or
7
starting in the current year; and
8
(d) the current provider is the
*
superannuation provider of a
9
*
successor fund in relation to the individual and an
*
RSA of
10
the previous provider; and
11
(e) the individual:
12
(i) never
*
quoted (for superannuation purposes) the
13
individual's
*
tax file number to the previous provider
14
but
15
(ii) has, in the current year, done so to the current provider
16
for the first time.
17
92 Subsection 307-5(1) (table item 5, column 2)
18
Omit "or subsection 24G(2) or (3A)", substitute "or subsection 24G(2)
19
or (3A) or 24NA(2), (3) or (4)".
20
93 Paragraph 307-120(2)(e)
21
Omit "or 24G(2), (3A) or (3B)", substitute ", 24G(2), (3A) or (3B) or
22
24NA(2), (3) or (4)".
23
94 Subsection 307-142(1)
24
Omit "or 24G(2), (3A) or (3B)", substitute ", 24G(2), (3A) or (3B) or
25
24NA(2), (3) or (4)".
26
95 Subsection 307-142(2) (method statement, step 1, at the
27
end of the note)
28
Add:
29
A payment under subsection 24NA(2) or (3) of that Act may be
30
attributable to more than one unclaimed amount.
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96 Subsection 307-142(3B)
1
Omit "or 24G(3A) or (3B)", substitute ", 24G(3A) or (3B) or
2
24NA(4)".
3
97 Subsection 307-300(1)
4
Omit "or 24G(2)", substitute ", 24G(2) or 24NA(2) or (3)".
5
98 Subsection 307-300(2) (method statement, step 1, at the
6
end of the note)
7
Add:
8
A payment under subsection 24NA(2) or (3) of that Act may be
9
attributable to more than one unclaimed amount.
10
99 After section 376-245
11
Insert:
12
376-247 Delegation by Arts Minister
13
(1) The
*
Arts Minister may, in writing, delegate all or any of the Arts
14
Minister's powers under the provisions mentioned in subsection (2)
15
to:
16
(a) the
*
Arts Secretary; or
17
(b) an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the
18
Department administered by the Arts Minister.
19
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the provisions are as follows:
20
(a) section 376-20 (issue of certificate for location offset);
21
(b) section 376-30 (determination of qualifying Australian
22
production expenditure for location offset);
23
(c) section 376-45 (issue of certificate for PDV offset);
24
(d) section 376-50 (determination of qualifying Australian
25
production expenditure for PDV offset);
26
(e) section 376-235 (notice of refusal to issue certificate for
27
location offset or PDV offset);
28
(f) section 376-245 (revocation of certificate for location offset
29
or PDV offset).
30
(3) In exercising powers under a delegation, the delegate must comply
31
with any directions of the Arts Minister.
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100 After paragraph 820-935(3)(a)
1
Insert:
2
(aa) the United Kingdom;
3
101 Paragraph 830-15(5)(a)
4
Omit "485AA(1)", substitute "485AA(2)".
5
Tax Agent Services Act 2009
6
102 Paragraphs 20-5(1)(c) and (d)
7
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
8
(c) in the case of registration which is not a renewal--the
9
individual maintains, or will be able to maintain, professional
10
indemnity insurance that meets the Board's requirements;
11
and
12
(d) in the case of a renewal of registration--the individual:
13
(i) maintains, at the time of applying for registration,
14
professional indemnity insurance that meets the Board's
15
requirements; and
16
(ii) has completed continuing professional education that
17
meets the Board's requirements.
18
103 Paragraph 20-5(2)(d)
19
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
20
(d) in the case of registration which is not a renewal--the
21
partnership maintains, or will be able to maintain,
22
professional indemnity insurance that meets the Board's
23
requirements; and
24
(e) in the case of a renewal of registration--the partnership
25
maintains, at the time of applying for registration,
26
professional indemnity insurance that meets the Board's
27
requirements.
28
104 Paragraph 20-5(3)(e)
29
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
30
(e) in the case of registration which is not a renewal--the
31
company maintains, or will be able to maintain, professional
32
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indemnity insurance that meets the Board's requirements;
1
and
2
(f) in the case of a renewal of registration--the company
3
maintains, at the time of applying for registration,
4
professional indemnity insurance that meets the Board's
5
requirements.
6
105 Paragraph 20-50(1)(a)
7
After "30 days", insert ", but not more than 90 days,".
8
106 Paragraph 20-50(1)(b)
9
Omit "shorter", substitute "other".
10
107 Subsection 20-50(2)
11
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
12
(2) Your registration is taken to continue until your application is
13
decided, or you withdraw your application, whichever happens
14
first.
15
108 Section 30-35
16
Omit "business or email address" (wherever occurring), substitute
17
"address for service of notices".
18
109 Paragraphs 40-5(3)(b), 40-10(2A)(b) and 40-15(2A)(b)
19
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
20
(b) either:
21
(i) the Board considers that, due to a current investigation
22
or the outcome of an investigation, it would be
23
inappropriate to terminate your registration; or
24
(ii) the Board, within 30 days after receiving your surrender
25
notice, decides to investigate you and considers that it
26
would be inappropriate to terminate your registration.
27
110 Paragraph 70-10(d)
28
Omit "a shorter", substitute "another".
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111 At the end of Division 70
1
Add:
2
Subdivision 70-F--Address for service of notices
3
Table of sections
4
70-60
Address for service of notices
5
70-65
How documents may be given
6
70-60 Address for service of notices
7
(1) An entity's address for service of notices by the Board for the
8
purposes of this Act is:
9
(a) a physical address in Australia; or
10
(b) a postal address in Australia; or
11
(c) an electronic address;
12
that the entity has given the Board as the entity's address for
13
service for the purposes of this Act.
14
(2) If an entity has given the Board more than one address for service
15
for the purposes of subsection (1), the entity's address for service is
16
such of those addresses as the Board considers reasonable in the
17
circumstances.
18
(3) If an entity has not given the Board an address for service, the
19
entity's address for service is the address that the Board reasonably
20
believes to be the entity's address for service for the purposes of
21
this Act.
22
70-65 How documents may be given
23
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a document (however described) may
24
be given to an entity:
25
(a) in the manner specified in section 28A of the
Acts
26
Interpretation Act 1901
; or
27
(b) if the entity's address for service is an electronic address--by
28
sending it to that address; or
29
(c) if the entity is a company and a liquidator of the company has
30
been appointed--by leaving it at, or posting it to, the address
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of the liquidator's office in the most recent notice of that
1
address lodged with
*
ASIC; or
2
(d) if the entity is a company and an administrator of the
3
company has been appointed--by leaving it at, or posting it
4
to, the address of the administrator in the most recent notice
5
of that address lodged with ASIC.
6
(2) Despite section 29 of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
, a document
7
posted under subsection (1) of this section is taken to be given at
8
the time the Board posts it.
9
(3) This Subdivision has effect despite paragraphs 9(1)(d) and (2)(d)
10
of the
Electronic Transactions Act 1999
.
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1
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act
2
2006
3
112 After subsection 308-5(1)
4
Insert:
5
(1A) The Commonwealth Registrar may make a request of the person
6
under subsection (5) for the purposes of satisfying the
7
Commonwealth Registrar that the person's identity has been
8
established.
9
113 At the end of section 308-5
10
Add:
11
(5) The Commonwealth Registrar may request, but not compel, the
12
person:
13
(a) if the person has a tax file number--to give the
14
Commonwealth Registrar a written statement of the person's
15
tax file number; or
16
(b) if the person does not have a tax file number:
17
(i) to apply to the Commissioner of Taxation for a tax file
18
number; and
19
(ii) to give the Commonwealth Registrar a written statement
20
of the person's tax file number after the Commissioner
21
of Taxation has issued it.
22
Corporations Act 2001
23
114 Section 106 (heading)
24
Before "
delegates
", insert "
ASIC
".
25
115 Subsection 163(4)
26
Omit "be in the prescribed form", substitute "meet any requirements of
27
the data standards".
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116 Subsection 346A(1A)
1
Repeal the subsection.
2
117 Paragraph 446A(5)(a)
3
After "lodge", insert "with the Registrar".
4
118 At the end of section 446A
5
Add:
6
(8) A lodgement under paragraph (5)(a) must meet any requirements
7
of the data standards.
8
119 Paragraph 491(2)(a)
9
Omit "ASIC, in the prescribed form,", substitute "the Registrar".
10
120 At the end of section 491
11
Add:
12
(3) A lodgement under paragraph (2)(a) must meet any requirements
13
of the data standards.
14
121 Paragraph 994F(5)(b)
15
Omit "days. after", substitute "days, after".
16
122 Paragraph 1053A(d)
17
Omit "section 90MZB", substitute "section 90XZB or 90YZR".
18
123 After subsection 1272(1)
19
Insert:
20
(1A) The Registrar may make a request of the person under
21
subsection (5) for the purposes of satisfying the Registrar that the
22
person's identity has been established.
23
124 At the end of section 1272
24
Add:
25
(5) The Registrar may request, but not compel, the person:
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(a) if the person has a tax file number--to give the Registrar a
1
written statement of the person's tax file number; or
2
(b) if the person does not have a tax file number:
3
(i) to apply to the Commissioner of Taxation for a tax file
4
number; and
5
(ii) to give the Registrar a written statement of the person's
6
tax file number after the Commissioner of Taxation has
7
issued it.
8
125 Subsection 1653(4)
9
Omit "paragraph 1272C(2)(b)", substitute
10
"subparagraph 1272C(2)(a)(ii)".
11
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
12
126 At the end of Division 8 of Part VA
13
Add:
14
204 Disclosure of tax file numbers to certain registrars
15
(1) If:
16
(a) the Commissioner is appointed as the Commonwealth
17
Registrar (within the meaning of the
Corporations
18
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
); and
19
(b) no other person or body is appointed as that registrar;
20
the Commissioner may disclose the tax file number of a person to
21
that registrar if the disclosure is made for the purposes of
22
facilitating the administration of Part 6-7A of that Act.
23
(2) If:
24
(a) the Commissioner is appointed as the Registrar (within the
25
meaning of the
Corporations Act 2001
); and
26
(b) no other person or body is appointed as that registrar;
27
the Commissioner may disclose the tax file number of a person to
28
that registrar if the disclosure is made for the purposes of
29
facilitating the administration of Part 9.1A of that Act.
30
(3) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) or (2) applies to the disclosure of
31
the person's tax file number whether or not that registrar has
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requested the person, or the Commissioner, to give the tax file
1
number to that registrar.
2
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
3
127 Subsection 126A(7)
4
After "given", insert "by the Regulator".
5
128 Subsection 344(1)
6
After "of the Regulator", insert "or the Registrar".
7
129 Subsection 344(1)
8
Omit "request the Regulator", substitute "request the decision maker".
9
130 Subsection 344(2)
10
Omit "Regulator" (wherever occurring), substitute "decision maker".
11
131 After subsection 344(2)
12
Insert:
13
(2A) If the Registrar is the decision maker, the request must meet any
14
requirements of the data standards.
15
132 Subsection 344(4) (heading)
16
Omit "
Regulator
", substitute "
Decision maker
".
17
133 Subsections 344(4) and (5)
18
Omit "Regulator" (wherever occurring), substitute "decision maker".
19
134 Subsection 344(6) (heading)
20
Omit "
Regulator's
", substitute "
Decision maker's
".
21
135 Subsection 344(6)
22
Omit "Regulator" (wherever occurring), substitute "decision maker".
23
136 Subsection 344(7) (heading)
24
After "
Taxation
", insert "
if Regulator is decision maker
".
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137 Subsection 344(7)
1
After "If the Regulator", insert "is the decision maker and the
2
Regulator".
3
138 Subsection 344(8) (heading)
4
Omit "
of Regulator's decisions
".
5
139 Subsection 344(8)
6
Omit "of the Regulator".
7
140 Paragraphs 345(1)(a) and (b)
8
After "Regulator", insert "or the Registrar, as the case may be,".
9
141 Subsection 345(2)
10
After "Regulator", insert "or the Registrar".
11
Taxation Administration Act 1953
12
142 Section 269-50 in Schedule 1
13
Omit "
*
ASIC", substitute "the
*
Registrar".
14
143 After section 355-65 in Schedule 1
15
Insert:
16
355-67 Exception--disclosure to registrars
17
(1) Section 355-25 does not apply if:
18
(a) the entity is a
*
taxation officer; and
19
(b) the Commissioner is appointed as a registrar specified in
20
subsection (2); and
21
(c) no other person or body is appointed as that registrar; and
22
(d) the record or the disclosure is made for the purposes of the
23
performance of that registrar's functions, or the exercise of
24
that registrar's powers.
25
Note:
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in
26
this subsection: see subsection 13.3(3) of the
Criminal Code
.
27
(2) The following registrars are specified:
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(a) the
*
Registrar;
1
(b) the Registrar (within the meaning of the
Business Names
2
Registration Act 2011
);
3
(c) the Registrar (within the meaning of the
Corporations Act
4
2001
);
5
(e) the Registrar (within the meaning of the
National Consumer
6
Credit Protection Act 2009
).
7
144 After paragraph 355-67(2)(c) in Schedule 1
8
Insert:
9
(d) the Registrar (within the meaning of the
Foreign Acquisitions
10
and Takeovers Act 1975
);
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Part 4--Application of amendments
1
145 Application of Part 1 amendments
2
(1)
The amendment of section 200 of the
Life Insurance Act 1995
made by
3
Part 1 of this Schedule applies in relation to a policy issued before, on
4
or after the commencement of that Part.
5
(2)
The amendments of subsection 29VA(9) of the
Superannuation
6
Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
made by Part 1 of this Schedule apply
7
in relation to a fee in relation to a MySuper product during a period that
8
begins on or after the commencement of that Part.
9
(3)
The amendments of paragraph 20QA(1)(a) of the
Superannuation
10
(Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999
made by Part 1 of this
11
Schedule apply in relation to unclaimed money days that occur on or
12
after 1 April 2020.
13
146 Application of Part 2 amendments
14
(1)
The amendment of section 116-30 of the
Income Tax Assessment Act
15
1997
made by Part 2 of this Schedule applies to income years starting
16
on or after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
17
(2)
The amendments of section 118-320 of the
Income Tax Assessment Act
18
1997
made by Part 2 of this Schedule apply to income years starting on
19
or after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
20
(3)
The amendments of paragraphs 230-365(a) and (d) of the
Income Tax
21
Assessment Act 1997
made by Part 2 of this Schedule apply for the
22
purposes of determining whether the requirement of section 230-365 of
23
that Act is met in relation to a hedging financial arrangement on or after
24
1 January 2021 (regardless of whether an entity started to have the
25
hedging financial arrangement before, on or after that day).
26
(4)
The amendment of section 295-495 of the
Income Tax Assessment Act
27
1997
made by Part 2 of this Schedule applies in relation to the 2007-08
28
income year and later income years.
29
(5)
The amendments of section 295-675 of the
Income Tax Assessment Act
30
1997
made by Part 2 of this Schedule apply in relation to a tax offset for
31
the 2020-21 income year and later income years.
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(6)
The amendment of subsections 307-5(1), 307-120(2), 307-142(1) and
1
(2), 307-142(3B) and 307-300(1) and (2) of the
Income Tax Assessment
2
Act 1997
made by Part 2 of this Schedule apply in relation to payments
3
made by the Commissioner on or after 13 March 2019.
4
(7)
The amendment of subsection 820-935(3) of the
Income Tax
5
Assessment Act 1997
made by Part 2 of this Schedule applies in relation
6
to financial statements prepared before, at or after the commencement
7
of that Part.
8
(8)
The amendments of the
Tax Agent Services Act 2009
made by Part 2 of
9
this Schedule apply to an application for renewal of registration whether
10
made before, on or after the commencement of that Part.
11
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