(1)   How many and which: (a) Acts; and (b) legislative instruments, including select legislative instruments, statutory rules and regulations, are administered within the Minister’s portfolio.

(2)   With reference to the ‘clean-up’ of redundant and potentially-redundant regulations being coordinated by the Department of Finance and Deregulation, which Acts or legislative instruments have been identified as redundant or potentially-redundant and why.

(1)   I am advised that the Minister representing the Attorney-General will provide in her answer a complete list of legislative instruments and Acts broken down by portfolio.

(2)   During the ‘clean-up’ of redundant and potentially redundant regulations coordinated by the Department of Finance and Deregulation, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry identified eighteen Acts for repeal. These Acts were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 2008, and the reasons for redundancy are outlined in the Explanatory Memorandum to this Act. The eighteen Acts were as follows: - Brigalow Lands Agreement Act 1962 - Foreign Fishing Boats Levy Act 1981 - New South Wales Flood Relief Act 1974 - New South Wales Grant (Leeton Co-operative Cannery Limited) Act 1971 - Northern Prawn Fishery Voluntary Adjustment Scheme Loan Guarantee Act 1985 - Queensland Flood Relief Act 1974 - Queensland Grant (Proserpine Flood Mitigation) Act 1976 - Queensland Tobacco Leaf Marketing Board Guarantee Act 1953 - Softwood Forestry Agreements Act 1967 - Softwood Forestry Agreements Act 1972 - Softwood Forestry Agreements Act 1976 - Softwood Forestry Agreements Act 1978 - States Grants (Rural Reconstruction) Act 1971 - States Grants (Rural Reconstruction) Act 1973 - Tasmanian Native Forestry Agreement Act 1979 - Tasmanian Native Forestry Agreement Act 1980 - Western Australia Grant (Northern Development) Act 1958, and - Western Australia Grant (Northern Development) Act 1963. Additionally, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry identified several parts of Acts that were redundant. These are being repealed in the Statute Stocktake (Regulatory and Other Laws) Bill 2009, which was introduced into Parliament on 24 June 2009. The reasons for redundancy are outlined in the Explanatory Memorandum to this Bill. The relevant sections are: - section 52 of the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980 - sections 16 and 26 of the Dairy Legislation (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986 - section 22 of the Dairy Adjustment Act 1974 - section 22 of the Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000, and - section 7 of the Rural Industries Research (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1985. In relation to redundant regulations and potentially redundant regulations which have not yet been removed, advice relating to these groups cannot be provided at this point in time as the instruments are still subject to policy, legal and other considerations.