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2013
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(Circulated by authority of the Prime Minister,
The Honourable Tony Abbott MP)
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
Table of Contents
Outline and Financial Impact ............................................................. ii
Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights .....................................
iii
1 Short Title .......................................................................................... iv
2 Commencement ................................................................................. iv
3 Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ iv
Schedule 1 - Amendments ............................................................... 1
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VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATON AMENDMENT BILL 2013
OUTLINE AND FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Bill will change the title of the War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920 to the `Protection of
Word `Anzac' Act 1920'.
Financial Impact
The amendments have no financial impact.
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Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights
Prepared in accordance with Part 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
This Bill does not engage any rights or freedoms recognised or declared in the international
instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.
Overview of the Bill
Schedule 1 will change the title of the War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920 to the `Protection of
Word `Anzac' Act 1920'.
Human rights implications
The Bill does not engage any rights or freedoms recognised or declared in the international
instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.
Conclusion
The Bill does not engage any rights or freedoms recognised or declared in the international
instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.
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Short Title Clause 1 sets out how the Act is to be cited.
Commencement Clause 2 provides that the Act commences on Royal Assent.
Schedules Clause 3 provides that each Act that is specified in Schedule 1 to this Act
is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in Schedule 1 and
any other item in Schedule 1 to this Act has effect according to its terms.
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Schedule 1 - Amendments
Overview
The Bill will change the title of the War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920 to the
`Protection of Word `Anzac' Act 1920'.
Explanation of the items
War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920
The War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920 provides for the Protection of Word
`Anzac' Regulations, but contains no other operative provisions. These amendments
will repeal the remaining inoperative provisions and change the name of the Act to the
`Protection of Word `Anzac' Act 1920'. This will mean that the authority for the
Regulations is more readily identifiable.
Item 1 changes the long title of the Act to `provide for the protection of the word
`Anzac', and for related purposes'.
Item 2 changes the short title of the Act to the `Protection of Word `Anzac' Act 1920'
and inserts an explanatory note at the end of the item.
Items 3, 4, 5 and 6 repeal section 2, sections 11 to 13 and some headings that
remained in the Act. These provisions are no longer required.
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