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EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND AMENDMENT (DISASTER READY FUND) BILL 2022

                                    2022




      THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND AMENDMENT (DISASTER READY FUND) BILL
                           2022




          SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM



           Amendments to be Moved on Behalf of the Government




             (Circulated by authority of the Minister for Finance,
                       Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher)
EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND AMENDMENT (DISASTER READY FUND) BILL
                           2022

OUTLINE

These amendments are minor technical corrections that are necessary to ensure the Bill
achieves the intended policy outcomes. The errors occurred as an oversight in the finalisation
and renumbering of the Bill.

NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Item 1 would fix incorrect references in item 209 of Schedule 1 to the Emergency Response
Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund Bill) 2022 (Bill). Item 209 of Schedule 1 provides
that the new arrangements for providing copies of directions apply only in relation to
directions given after commencement of the item (from 1 July 2023).
The new arrangements for providing copies of directions are made by items 80, 87, 96, 100
and 104, however the Bill incorrectly references items 80F, 86, 95, 96B and 99. This item
replaces the incorrect references with the correct references, to ensure the Bill has the
intended effect of providing transitional arrangements for the changes.
Item 2 would fix an incorrect reference in item 8 of Schedule 2 to the Bill. Item 8 of
Schedule 2 is intended to remove a reference in paragraph 28A(7)(b) of the Act to a
subsection that is being repealed by item 12 of Schedule 2.
Item 8 of Schedule 2, as currently drafted, would incorrectly remove a reference to
subsection (6) that does not exist in paragraph 28A(7)(b). The correct reference to remove
from paragraph 28A(7)(b) is subsection 7, and this amendment would achieve that (the
reference to subsection 7 in paragraph 28A(7)(b) would be added by item 84 of Schedule 1).
Item 3 would fix an incorrect reference in item 10 of Schedule 2 to the Bill. Item 10 of
Schedule 2 is intended to remove a reference in subsection 32A(3) of the Act to a subsection
that is being repealed by item 12 of Schedule 2. This change refers to the same subsection
that is incorrectly referenced in item 8 of Schedule 2 (as per item 2 above).
Item 10 of Schedule 2, as currently drafted, would incorrectly remove a reference to
subsection (6) that does not exist in subsection 32A(3). The correct reference to remove from
subsection 32A(3) is subsection 7, and this amendment would achieve that (the reference to
subsection 7 in subsection 32A(3) would be added by item 103 of Schedule 1).