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- Schedule 1—Amendment of principal Acts
- Schedule 2—Amendment of amending Acts
- Schedule 3—Amendments relating to specific references to regulations
- Schedule 4—Amendments relating to the Acts Interpretation Act 1901
- Schedule 5—References to specific Ministers and Departments
- Schedule 6—Repeal of obsolete provisions
- Schedule 7—Repeal of obsolete Acts
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Statute Law Revision Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to make various amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, to repeal certain obsolete Acts, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 5
Schedule 1—Amendment of principal Acts 6
Part 1—Amendments commencing on Royal Assent 6
Aged Care Act 1997 6
Aged Care (Bond Security) Act 2006 7
Air Passenger Ticket Levy (Collection) Act 2001 7
Airports Act 1996 7
Air Services Act 1995 7
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 7
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 8
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 8
Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996 8
Australian National Preventive Health Agency Act 2010 8
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 9
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 9
Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959 10
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 10
Copyright Act 1968 11
Crimes Act 1914 11
Criminal Code Act 1995 11
Customs Act 1901 12
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 13
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 13
Family Law Act 1975 14
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 14
First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008 14
Freedom of Information Act 1982 14
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 15
Health Insurance Act 1973 15
Higher Education Support Act 2003 15
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 16
Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 16
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 16
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 18
Insurance Act 1973 18
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 18
Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 19
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 19
National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 19
National Health Act 1953 20
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 20
Parliamentary Superannuation Act 2004 20
Private Health Insurance Act 2007 21
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 21
Product Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000 22
Product Stewardship Act 2011 22
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 22
Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993 22
Public Works Committee Act 1969 22
Radiocommunications Act 1992 22
Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 23
Social Security Act 1991 23
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 24
Superannuation Act 1990 24
Telecommunications Act 1997 24
Part 2—Amendments commencing on 1 August 2011 25
Fair Work Act 2009 25
Part 3—Other amendments 26
Fair Work Act 2009 26
Judges’ Pensions Act 1968 26
Schedule 2—Amendment of amending Acts 27
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011 27
Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011 27
Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011 27
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011 27
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers and Offences) Act 2012 28
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004 29
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 29
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements and Other Measures) Act 2010 29
Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 29
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Act 2010 30
Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011 30
Marriage Amendment Act 2002 31
Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Act 2011 31
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2010 31
Statute Law Revision Act 2010 32
Statute Law Revision Act 2011 32
Statute Stocktake (Regulatory and Other Laws) Act 2009 32
Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011 33
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Act 2010 33
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Act 2011 33
Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Act 2005 34
Territories Law Reform Act 2010 34
Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010 34
Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2010 34
Schedule 3—Amendments relating to specific references to regulations 35
Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989 35
Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976 35
Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 35
Criminal Code Act 1995 35
Radiocommunications Act 1992 36
Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984 36
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Act 1986 36
Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997 36
Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 36
Schedule 4—Amendments relating to the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 37
Part 1—Acting appointments 37
Age Discrimination Act 2004 37
Australian National Preventive Health Agency Act 2010 37
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 38
ComSuper Act 2011 38
Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011 38
Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997 39
Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 39
National Health Reform Act 2011 39
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 41
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 41
Product Stewardship Act 2011 41
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 42
Part 2—Prescribing matters by reference to other instruments 43
International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 43
Schedule 5—References to specific Ministers and Departments 44
Part 1—Amendments 44
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 44
Loans Securities Act 1919 44
National Health Act 1953 44
Part 2—Transitional, saving and application provisions 46
Schedule 6—Repeal of obsolete provisions 47
Airports (Transitional) Act 1996 47
AUSSAT Repeal Act 1991 47
Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988 47
Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 47
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 48
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 48
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 48
Bank Integration Act 1991 48
CFM Sale Act 1996 49
Circuit Layouts Act 1989 49
Commonwealth Bank Sale Act 1995 49
Commonwealth Banks Restructuring Act 1990 49
Commonwealth Funds Management Limited Act 1990 49
Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 50
Crimes (Currency) Act 1981 50
CSL Sale Act 1993 50
Damage by Aircraft Act 1999 51
Foreign Judgments Act 1991 51
Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991 51
Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act 1989 51
Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 51
Marine Navigation Levy Collection Act 1989 52
Native Title Act 1993 52
Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1919 52
Parliamentary Service Act 1999 52
Qantas Sale Act 1992 52
Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990 53
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 53
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited Sale Act 1993 54
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 54
Superannuation Act 1922 55
Surplus Revenue Act 1910 55
Surveillance Devices Act 2004 55
Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997 55
Taxation Administration Act 1953 56
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 56
Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 56
Witness Protection Act 1994 57
Schedule 7—Repeal of obsolete Acts 58
Part 1—Repeal of Acts 58
Administrative Arrangements Act 1987 58
Film Licensed Investment Company Act 2005 58
Film Licensed Investment Company (Consequential Provisions) Act 2005 58
Territory Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act 1978 58
Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919 59
Part 2—Amendments consequential on repeal of Acts 60
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 60
A Bill for an Act to make various amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, to repeal certain obsolete Acts, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act 2012 .
(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.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1, Part 1 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 1, Part 2 |
1 August 2011. |
1 August 2011 |
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4. Schedule 1, item 124 |
Immediately after the commencement of item 61 of Schedule 1 to the Fair Work Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry) Act 2012 . |
1 July 2012 |
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5. Schedule 1, item 125 |
Immediately after the commencement of item 36 of Schedule 1 to the Judges and Governors-General Legislation Amendment (Family Law) Act 2012 . |
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6. Schedule 2, item 1 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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7. Schedule 2, item 2 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011 for the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act. |
20 April 2012 |
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8. Schedule 2, item 3 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011 for the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act. |
2 April 2012 |
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9. Schedule 2, items 4 and 5 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011 for the commencement of item 213 of Schedule 2 to that Act. |
1 January 2012 |
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10. Schedule 2, items 6 to 10 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers and Offences) Act 2012 for the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act. |
5 April 2012 |
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11. Schedule 2, item 11 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers and Offences) Act 2012 for the commencement of Schedule 3 to that Act. |
5 April 2012 |
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12. Schedule 2, item 12 |
Immediately after the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers and Offences) Act 2012 received the Royal Assent. |
4 April 2012 |
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13. Schedule 2, item 13 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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14. Schedule 2, item 14 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 for the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 12 to that Act. |
1 July 2009 |
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15. Schedule 2, item 15 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements and Other Measures) Act 2010 for the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 6 to that Act. |
27 July 2010 |
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16. Schedule 2, item 16 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 for the commencement of item 23 of Schedule 3 to that Act. |
1 November 2010 |
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17. Schedule 2, items 17 and 18 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 for the commencement of Schedule 4 to that Act. |
1 November 2010 |
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18. Schedule 2, items 19 and 20 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Act 2010 for the commencement of item 78 of Schedule 1 to that Act. |
13 April 2010 |
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19. Schedule 2, item 21 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011 for the commencement of Schedule 2 to that Act. |
1 July 2011 |
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20. Schedule 2, items 22 to 24 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011 for the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to that Act. |
1 July 2011 |
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21. Schedule 2, items 25 to 29 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011 for the commencement of Part 3 of Schedule 4 to that Act. |
1 July 2011 |
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22. Schedule 2, item 30 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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23. Schedule 2, item 31 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Act 2011 for the commencement of section 2 of that Act. |
14 October 2011 |
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24. Schedule 2, item 32 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2010 for the commencement of item 39 of Schedule 1 to that Act. |
1 January 2011 |
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25. Schedule 2, item 33 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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26. Schedule 2, item 34 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Statute Law Revision Act 2011 for the commencement of item 65 of Schedule 5 to that Act. |
19 April 2011 |
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27. Schedule 2, items 35 and 36 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Statute Stocktake (Regulatory and Other Laws) Act 2009 for the commencement of that Act. |
17 November 2009 |
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28. Schedule 2, item 37 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011 for the commencement of Schedule 1 to that Act. |
1 July 2011 |
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29. Schedule 2, item 38 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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30. Schedule 2, items 39 and 40 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Act 2011 for the commencement of Part 3 of Schedule 1 to that Act. |
12 April 2012 |
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31. Schedule 2, item 41 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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32. Schedule 2, item 42 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Territories Law Reform Act 2010 for the commencement of item 210 of Schedule 1 to that Act. |
1 January 2011 |
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33. Schedule 2, item 43 |
Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 3 to the Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Act 2011 . |
1 January 2011 |
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34. Schedule 2, item 44 |
The day the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and Other Measures) Act 2011 received the Royal Assent. |
2 March 2011 |
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35. Schedules 3 and 4 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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36. Schedule 5 |
The 28th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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37. Schedules 6 and 7 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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.