Title Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment (Small Business Access to Justice) Bill 2017
Database Bills & Legislation
Long Title A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to the costs of actions taken by persons who suffer loss or damage as a result of breaches of the [itals]Competition and Consumer Act 2010[eitals], and for related purposes
Date 16-02-2017 12:07 PM
Source Senate
Parl No. 45
Bill Number 34/17
Bill Type Private
Reps Bill Code O
Status Not Proceeding
System Id legislation/bills/s1058_first-senate/0000


Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment (Small Business Access to Justice) Bill 2017
</head> <body lang="EN-AU" xml:lang="EN-AU"> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="Session">2016‑2017</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Parliament of the</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Commonwealth of Australia</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="House">THE SENATE<a name="ConfidenceBlock" id="ConfidenceBlock"/></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Reading">Presented and read a first time</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="ShortT">Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment (Small Business Access to Justice) Bill<a name="BK_S1P1L18C14" id="BK_S1P1L18C14"/> 2017</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Actno">No.      , 2017</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Portfolio">(Senator Gallagher)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="LongT">A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to the costs of actions taken by persons who suffer loss or damage as a result of breaches of the <i>Competition and Consumer Act 2010</i>, and for related purposes</p> <p class="MsoHeader"><span class="CharAmSchNo"> </span><span class="CharAmSchText"> </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader"><span class="CharAmPartNo"> </span><span class="CharAmPartText"> </span></p> </div> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always"/></span> <div class="WordSection2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Contents</span></p> <p class="MsoToc5"><a name="BKCheck15B_1" id="BKCheck15B_1"/>1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1</p> <p class="MsoToc5">2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1</p> <p class="MsoToc5">3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2</p> <p class="MsoToc6">Schedule 1—Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman<a name="BK_S2P1L6C21" id="BK_S2P1L6C21"/> Act 2015<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;font-weight:normal">              </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">3</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Act 2015<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">      </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">3</span></p> <p class="MsoToc6">Schedule 2—Competition and Consumer Act 2010<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">                                         </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">6</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Competition and Consumer Act 2010<span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-style:normal">                                                                    </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">6</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </div> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always"/></span> <div class="WordSection3"> <p class="Page1">A Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to the costs of actions taken by persons who suffer loss or damage as a result of breaches of the <i>Competition and Consumer Act 2010</i>, and for related purposes</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:normal"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt">The Parliament of Australia enacts:</span></p> <opc-section depth="0" ref="703b46ee88a5432facc9255be8976993" title="1  Short title"><a name="703b46ee88a5432facc9255be8976993"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc474831807"><span class="CharSectno">1</span>  Short title</a></p> <p class="subsection">                    This Act is the <i>Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment (Small Business Access to Justice)</i> <i>Act 2017</i>.</p> </opc-section><opc-section depth="0" ref="e1757c2168c54b9b8ba86de5bcc761ff" title="2  Commencement"><a name="e1757c2168c54b9b8ba86de5bcc761ff"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc474831808"><span class="CharSectno">2</span>  Commencement</a></p> <p class="subsection">              (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.</p> <p class="Tabletext"> </p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="474" style="margin-left:5.35pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"> <thead> <tr> <td width="474" colspan="3" valign="top" style="width:355.55pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Commencement information</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Column 1</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Column 2</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Column 3</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Provisions</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Commencement</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Date/Details</p> </td> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">1.  The whole of this Act</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent<a name="BK_S3P2L5C7" id="BK_S3P2L5C7"/>.</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="notetext"> 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.</p> <p class="subsection">              (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<a name="BK_S3P2L11C36" id="BK_S3P2L11C36"/> of this Act.</p> </opc-section><opc-section depth="0" ref="846522ca80ce46e99a37362eb5637440" title="3  Schedules"><a name="846522ca80ce46e99a37362eb5637440"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc474831809"><span class="CharSectno">3</span>  Schedules</a></p> <p class="subsection">                    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.</p> </opc-section><?DMS-Include seriesId="9e784db1-147f-4510-9375-a12493e920c8"?><?DMS-Include seriesId="40cf9101-faa4-4bb8-b877-26374605f372"?></div> </body> </div></div></body></html>