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Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010

2008-2009-2010

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

As passed by both Houses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010

 

No.      , 2010

 

 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to corporations, and for related purposes

   

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 3

Schedule 1—Amendments relating to the Corporations Act 2001           4

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                          4

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                                4

Part 2—Transitional provisions if this Act receives the Royal Assent before the commencement of item 34 of Schedule 1 to the Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Act 2010        21

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                              21

Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Act 2010             22

Part 3—Transitional provisions if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after the commencement of item 34 of Schedule 1 to the Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Act 2010                                                                                                                               23

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                              23

Part 4—Consequential amendments                                                                     25

Financial Sector (Business Transfer and Group Restructure) Act 1999         25

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936                                                                             25

Medibank Private Sale Act 2006                                                                             25

Schedule 2—Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001            26

Part 1—Amendments                                                                                                   26

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001                           26

Part 2—Application, saving and transitional provisions                             28

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001                           28

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to corporations, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Act 2010 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provision(s)

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, Part 1

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 1, Part 2

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

However, if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or after the day on which item 34 of Schedule 1 to the Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Act 2010 commences, the provision(s) do not commence at all.

 

4.  Schedule 1, Part 3

The later of:

(a) the start of the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and

(b) immediately after the commencement of item 34 of Schedule 1 to the Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Act 2010 .

However, if this Act receives the Royal Assent before the day on which item 34 of Schedule 1 to the Corporations Amendment (Financial Market Supervision) Act 2010 commences, the provision(s) do not commence at all.

 

5.  Schedule 1, Part 4

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

6.  Schedule 2

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

             (2)  Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.