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Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Bill 2021

2019-2020-2021

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

As passed by both Houses

 

 

 

 

Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Bill 2021

 

No.      , 2021

 

 

 

 

 

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

   

   



Contents

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

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

3............................ Schedules........................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Initial amendments                                                                                  3

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                          3

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001                              3

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                               24

Part 2—Other amendments                                                                                       83

Division 1—Amendments                                                                                         83

Freedom of Information Act 1982                                                                            83

National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009                                                   83

Tax Agent Services Act 2009                                                                                     85

Division 2—Application of amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 92

Part 3—Contingent amendments                                                                           95

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                               95

Schedule 2—Later amendments                                                                                  98

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                               98

 

 



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

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Act 2021 .

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

Provisions

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, Parts 1 and 2

1 January 2022.

1 January 2022

3.  Schedule 1, Part 3

At the same time as item 1150 of Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020 commences.

 

4.  Schedule 2

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

However, if the provisions do not commence within the period of 4 years beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period.

 

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.

3   Schedules

                   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.