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Bills of the current Parliament

Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of bills homepages, the authoritative sources for verifying the progress of bills are the House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings and the Journals of the Senate.

Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2011

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Act
Portfolio	Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Summary

Part of a package of three bills to establish a horse disease response levy, the bill imposes a levy on manufactured horse feed and worm treatments for horses, to enable the horse industry to repay amounts paid by the Commonwealth on behalf of the horse industry in response to an emergency animal disease outbreak affecting horses.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	06/07/11
Second reading moved	06/07/11
Referred to Main Committee	17/08/11
Second reading debate	18/08/11
Second reading agreed to	18/08/11
Consideration in detail debate	18/08/11	Amendment details: 2 Government agreed to
Reported from Main Committee	22/08/11
Third reading agreed to	22/08/11

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	23/08/11
Second reading moved	23/08/11
Second reading debate	15/09/11
Second reading agreed to	15/09/11
Third reading agreed to	15/09/11

Text of bill as passed both Houses	15/09/11
Assent	14/10/11	Act no.: 115 Year: 2011