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Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2014
No. , 2014
(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............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3
Schedule 1—Amendments of principal Acts 4
Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 4
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 4
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 4
Australian Aged Care Quality Agency Act 2013 4
Australian Education Act 2013 5
Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 5
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 5
Crimes Act 1914 5
Criminal Code Act 1995 5
Customs Act 1901 6
Customs Tariff Act 1995 6
Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 6
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 6
Excise Act 1901 6
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 7
Health Insurance Act 1973 7
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 7
Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991 7
Insurance Act 1973 7
Interactive Gambling Act 2001 8
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 8
National Health Act 1953 9
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 9
Personal Property Securities Act 2009 9
Privacy Act 1988 9
Radiocommunications Act 1992 10
Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 10
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 10
Surveillance Devices Act 2004 11
Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 11
Schedule 2—Amendments of amending Acts 12
Customs and AusCheck Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Other Measures) Act 2013 12
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 12
Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 12
Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Service Providers and Other Governance Measures) Act 2013 13
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Military Compensation Review and Other Measures) Act 2013 13
Schedule 3—Terminology changes 14
Part 1—Changing servant to employee 14
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 14
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 14
Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987 15
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 15
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 15
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 15
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 16
Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Act 1963 16
Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act 1995 16
Air Navigation Act 1920 17
Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act 2013 17
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 18
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 18
Banking Act 1959 19
Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994 19
Civil Aviation Act 1988 20
Criminal Code Act 1995 20
Customs Act 1901 20
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 21
Excise Act 1901 22
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 22
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 23
Imported Food Control Act 1992 24
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 24
Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991 25
Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 25
Life Insurance Act 1995 26
Migration Act 1958 26
Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 27
National Health Act 1953 27
Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987 28
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 28
Petroleum Excise (Prices) Act 1987 29
Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 29
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 30
Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 30
Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 31
Radiocommunications Act 1992 31
Sea Installations Act 1987 32
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Act 1986 32
Student Assistance Act 1973 33
Superannuation Act 1976 33
Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993 33
Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995 33
Taxation Administration Act 1953 34
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 34
Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 35
Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 35
Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act 1995 36
Part 2—Gender-specific language 37
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 37
Defence Act 1903 37
Schedule 4—Veterans’ Entitlements Act improvements 44
Part 1—Signposting definitions 44
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 44
Part 2—Technical corrections 57
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 57
Schedule 5—Spent and obsolete provisions 73
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 73
Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 73
Radiocommunications Act 1992 73
Telecommunications Act 1997 73
Schedule 6—Spent Acts 74
Part 1—Repeals of Acts 74
Conciliation and Arbitration (Electricity Industry) Act 1985 74
Immigration (Education) Charge Act 1992 74
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Act 1970 74
Part 2—Other amendments 75
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited Sale Act 1993 75
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 (No. 2) 2014 .
(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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Commencement information |
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Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provisions |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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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 |
The 28th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 2, item 1 |
I mmediately after the time specified in the Customs and AusCheck Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Other Measures) Act 2013 for the commencement of i tem 44 of Schedule 1 to that Act. |
28 November 2013 |
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4. Schedule 2, item 2 |
I mmediately after the time specified in the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 for the commencement of item 21 of Schedule 2B to that Act. |
28 June 2013 |
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5. Schedule 2, item 3 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 for the commencement of Division 3 of Part 4 of Schedule 3 to that Act. |
28 June 2013 |
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6. Schedule 2, items 4 and 5 |
I mmediately after the time specified in the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 for the commencement of Schedules 1 to 4 to that Act. |
12 March 2014 |
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7. Schedule 2, item 6 |
I mmediately after the time specified in the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 for the commencement of items 1 to 155 of Schedule 5 to that Act. |
12 March 2014 |
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8. Schedule 2, item 7 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Service Providers and Other Governance Measures) Act 2013 for the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act. |
1 July 2013 |
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9. Schedule 2, item 8 |
Immediately after the time specified in the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Military Compensation Review and Other Measures) Act 2013 for the commencement of Schedule 11 to that Act. |
10 December 2013 |
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10. Schedules 3 to 6 |
The 28th day after 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.
Legislation 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.