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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Statute Update (Winter 2017) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to make various technical and
minor amendments of the statute law of the
Commonwealth, to repeal certain obsolete Acts,
and for related purposes
No. , 2017
Statute Update (Winter 2017) Bill 2017
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments of principal Acts
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Part 1--General amendments
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Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980
3
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
3
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
3
Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905
3
Compensation (Japanese Internment) Act 2001
4
Crimes Act 1914
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Dairy Produce Act 1986
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Fair Work Act 2009
4
Higher Education Support Act 2003
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Legislation Act 2003
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Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976
5
My Health Records Act 2012
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Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989
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Radio Licence Fees Act 1964
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Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
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Television Licence Fees Act 1964
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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
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Part 2--Other amendments
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Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991
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Schedule 2--Amendments consequential on the Acts and
Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015
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Australian River Co. Limited Act 2015
9
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Act
2015
9
Biosecurity Act 2015
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Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions)
Act 2015
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Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
10
Migration Act 1958
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Schedule 3--Repeals of spent and obsolete provisions
12
Defence Act 1903
12
Medibank Private Sale Act 2006
12
Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002
12
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002
12
Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992
13
Schedule 4--Repeals of spent Acts
15
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Township
Leasing) Act 2007
15
Governor-General Amendment Act 2003
15
Stevedoring Industry Act 1961
15
Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1968
15
No. , 2017
Statute Update (Winter 2017) Bill 2017
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A Bill for an Act to make various technical and
1
minor amendments of the statute law of the
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Commonwealth, to repeal certain obsolete Acts,
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and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Statute Update (Winter 2017) Act 2017.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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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,
Part 1
The 28th day after this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
3. Schedule 1,
Part 2
At the same time as the Australian Border
Force Act 2015 commenced.
1 July 2015
4. Schedules 2 to
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The 28th day after this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments of principal Acts Schedule 1
General amendments Part 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments of principal Acts
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Part 1--General amendments
2
Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980
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1 Schedule 1
4
Omit "Antartic", substitute "Antarctic".
5
Note:
This item fixes a typographical error.
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2 Schedule 3
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Omit "activites", substitute "activities".
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Note:
This item fixes a typographical error.
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Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
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3 Subsection 25(1) (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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Period specified in instrument of appointment
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Note:
This item amends a heading to better reflect the contents of the subsection.
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4 Paragraph 53(2)(k)
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Omit "or Schedule 5 or 7 to that Act".
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Note:
This item omits a redundant reference.
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Broadcasting Services Act 1992
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5 Section 61CN (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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61CN ACMA review of approved local content plan
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Note:
This item amends a heading to better reflect the contents of the section.
22
Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905
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Schedule 1 Amendments of principal Acts
Part 1 General amendments
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6 Subsection 12(2)
1
Omit "is guilty of", substitute "commits".
2
Note:
This item changes "is guilty of an offence" to "commits an offence", for consistency
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with current drafting practice.
4
Compensation (Japanese Internment) Act 2001
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7 Section 3 (definition of Review Tribunal)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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Review Tribunal means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
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Note:
This item omits a redundant reference.
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Crimes Act 1914
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8 Paragraph 19APA(1)(d)
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Omit "paragraph 19AN(1)(c)", substitute "paragraph 19AN(c)".
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Note:
This item fixes an incorrect cross-reference.
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9 Paragraph 19APA(1)(d)
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Omit "paragraph (a)", substitute "paragraph (c)".
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Note:
This item fixes an incorrect cross-reference.
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Dairy Produce Act 1986
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10 Subclause 37R(2) of Schedule 2
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Omit "or the Administrative Review Tribunal (as the case may be)".
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Note:
This item omits a redundant reference.
20
Fair Work Act 2009
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11 Paragraph 20(2)(a)
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Omit "full time employee", substitute "full-time employee".
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Note:
This item fixes a typographical error.
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Amendments of principal Acts Schedule 1
General amendments Part 1
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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12 Clause 1 of Schedule 1A (note)
2
Omit "43(3) to (5)", substitute "43(3) to (7)".
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Note:
This item inserts a cross-reference that was overlooked in a prior amendment of the
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Higher Education Support Act 2003.
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13 Clause 40 of Schedule 1A (note 2)
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Omit "43(3) to (5)", substitute "43(3) to (7)".
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Note:
This item inserts a cross-reference that was overlooked in a prior amendment of the
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Higher Education Support Act 2003.
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Legislation Act 2003
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14 Section 13 (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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13 Construction of legislative instruments and notifiable
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instruments
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Note:
This item amends a heading to better reflect the contents of the section.
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Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976
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15 Subsection 13(1) (definition of Australian Staffing
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Assistance Group)
18
Omit "body established under that name by the Papua New Guinea
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(Staffing Assistance) Act 1973", substitute "body formerly established
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under that name by the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act
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1973".
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Note:
This item clarifies a reference to a body that no longer exists.
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My Health Records Act 2012
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16 Subsection 64(3)
25
Omit "healthcare recipient only-notes", substitute "healthcare
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recipient-only notes".
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Note:
This item fixes a reference to an incorrect concept.
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Schedule 1 Amendments of principal Acts
Part 1 General amendments
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Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989
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17 Subsection 89(3)
2
Repeal the subsection.
3
Note:
This item repeals a redundant subsection.
4
Radio Licence Fees Act 1964
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18 Paragraph 6(3)(a)
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Omit "the day on which the Radio Licence Fees Amendment Act 1997
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received the Royal Assent", substitute "8 October 1997".
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Note:
This item replaces a reference to the day on which a repealed Act received the Royal
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Assent with the actual date of Royal Assent.
10
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
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19 Paragraph 5D(4)(aa)
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Repeal the paragraph.
13
Note:
This item repeals a redundant paragraph.
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20 Paragraph 5D(4)(b)
15
Omit "Division 1A of Part IV of the Crimes Act 1900 of New South
16
Wales", substitute "Part 4AC of the Crimes Act 1900 of New South
17
Wales".
18
Note:
This item fixes an incorrect cross-reference to provisions of a New South Wales Act.
19
Television Licence Fees Act 1964
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21 Paragraph 6(3)(a)
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Omit "the day on which the Television Licence Fees Amendment Act
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1997 received the Royal Assent", substitute "8 October 1997".
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Note:
This item replaces a reference to the day on which a repealed Act received the Royal
24
Assent with the actual date of Royal Assent.
25
Amendments of principal Acts Schedule 1
General amendments Part 1
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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
1
22 Section 4 (paragraph (b) of the definition of corresponding
2
WHS law)
3
Omit "the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 of Victoria", substitute "the
4
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 of Victoria".
5
Note:
This item fixes an incorrect cross-reference to provisions of a Victorian Act.
6
23 Section 4 (paragraph (d) of the definition of corresponding
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WHS law)
8
Omit "the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 of Western Australia",
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substitute "the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 of Western
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Australia".
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Note:
This item fixes an incorrect cross-reference to provisions of a Western Australian Act.
12
24 Section 4 (paragraph (e) of the definition of corresponding
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WHS law)
14
Omit "the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 of South Australia",
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substitute "the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 of South Australia".
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Note:
This item fixes an incorrect citation of a short title of a South Australian Act.
17
25 Section 4 (paragraph (f) of the definition of corresponding
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WHS law)
19
Omit "the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 of Tasmania", substitute
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"the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 of Tasmania".
21
Note:
This item fixes an incorrect citation of a short title of a Tasmanian Act.
22
26 Section 4 (paragraph (h) of the definition of corresponding
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WHS law)
24
Omit "the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 of the Northern Territory",
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substitute "the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation)
26
Act of the Northern Territory".
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Note:
This item fixes an incorrect citation of a Northern Territory Act.
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Schedule 1 Amendments of principal Acts
Part 2 Other amendments
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Part 2--Other amendments
1
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991
2
27 Paragraph 4(a) of Article 1 of Schedule 1A
3
Omit "Chief Executive Officer of Customs", substitute
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"Comptroller-General of Customs".
5
Note:
This item fixes a reference to an incorrect concept.
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Amendments consequential on the Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015
Schedule 2
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Schedule 2--Amendments consequential on
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the Acts and Instruments (Framework
2
Reform) Act 2015
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Australian River Co. Limited Act 2015
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1 Subitem 15(3) of Schedule 1
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Repeal the subitem, substitute:
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(3) Subsection 12(2) (retrospective application of legislative
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instruments) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to rules
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made for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) or (b) of this item.
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise
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Ombudsman Act 2015
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2 Subsection 20(1) (note)
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Repeal the note, substitute:
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Note 1:
Section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply
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to the direction: see regulations made for the purposes of
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paragraph 44(2)(b) of that Act.
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Note 2:
Part 4 of Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not
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apply to the direction: see regulations made for the purposes of
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paragraph 54(2)(b) of that Act.
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Biosecurity Act 2015
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3 Subsections 42(3), 44(3), 45(3), 49(2), 50(2), 51(4), 110(3),
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112(3), 113(7), 115(1), 173(5), 174(5) and 182(6)
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Omit "Legislative Instruments Act 2003", substitute "Legislation Act
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2003".
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4 Sections 228 and 234
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Omit "Legislative Instruments Act 2003", substitute "Legislation Act
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2003".
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Schedule 2 Amendments consequential on the Acts and Instruments (Framework
Reform) Act 2015
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5 Subsection 256(3)
1
Omit "Legislative Instruments Act 2003", substitute "Legislation Act
2
2003".
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6 Subsections 365(4), 369(1), 384(4), 388(1), 395(4), 397(1),
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398(2), 443(2), 444(2), 445(2), 475(2), 476(2) and 477(2)
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Omit "Legislative Instruments Act 2003", substitute "Legislation Act
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2003".
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7 Subsection 543(1) (note)
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Repeal the note, substitute:
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Note:
Section 42 (disallowance) and Part 4 of Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the
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Legislation Act 2003 do not apply to the directions (see regulations
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made for the purposes of paragraphs 44(2)(b) and 54(2)(b) of that
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Act).
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8 Subsection 618(7)
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Omit "Legislative Instruments Act 2003", substitute "Legislation Act
15
2003".
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Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional
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Provisions) Act 2015
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9 Subitem 1(5) of Schedule 3
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Omit "Legislative Instruments Act 2003", substitute "Legislation Act
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2003".
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Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
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10 Paragraph 418-70(2)(a)
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Omit "Division 2 of Part 4 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003",
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substitute "the Legislation Act 2003".
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11 Subsection 418-90(6)
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Omit "Legislative Instruments Act 2003", substitute "Legislation Act
27
2003".
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Amendments consequential on the Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015
Schedule 2
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12 Subsection 960-412(2) (note 1)
1
Omit "Legislative Instruments Act 2003", substitute "Legislation Act
2
2003".
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Migration Act 1958
4
13 Subsection 5(1AD)
5
Omit "subsection 44(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003",
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substitute "regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 44(2)(b) of
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the Legislation Act 2003".
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Schedule 3 Repeals of spent and obsolete provisions
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Schedule 3--Repeals of spent and obsolete
1
provisions
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3
Defence Act 1903
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1 Section 122A
5
Repeal the section.
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Medibank Private Sale Act 2006
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2 Item 57 of Schedule 2
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Repeal the item.
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3 Paragraph 58(5)(a) of Schedule 2
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Omit "item 20 or 57 would", substitute "item 20 would, or the former
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item 57 did,".
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 2.
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Plant Health Australia (Plant Industries) Funding Act 2002
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4 Section 13
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Repeal the section.
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 5.
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5 Schedule 1
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Repeal the Schedule.
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002
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6 Section 7
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Repeal the section.
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 7.
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7 Schedule 1
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Repeal the Schedule.
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Repeals of spent and obsolete provisions Schedule 3
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Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992
1
8 Subparagraph 6(3)(a)(i)
2
Omit ", 18".
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
4
9 Section 7
5
Omit ", 18".
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
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10 Paragraph 15(1)(a)
8
Omit ", 18".
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
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11 Subsections 15(2) and (3)
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Omit ", 18".
12
Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
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12 Section 18
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Repeal the section.
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13 Section 29 (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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29 Applications for the purposes of subsection 9(5)
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
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14 Subsection 29(1)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(1) A person may apply to the Minister to have a particular class of
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products specified in a notice under subsection 9(5).
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
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15 Subsection 29(8)
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Omit "whichever of subsections 9(5) and 18(2) is applicable", substitute
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"subsection 9(5)".
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Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
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16 Subsection 29(9)
2
Omit "or 18(2)".
3
Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
4
17 Section 30
5
Omit ", 17(2), 18(2) or 18(3)", substitute "or 17(2)".
6
Note:
This item is consequential on item 12.
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18 Paragraph 33(b)
8
Omit ", in so far as that section relates to applications under
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paragraph 29(1)(a)".
10
Note:
This item is consequential on items 12 and 14.
11
19 Saving
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The repeal and substitution of subsection 29(1) of the Tobacco
13
Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 by this Schedule does not affect the
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validity of an application made under that subsection before the
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commencement of this Schedule.
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Note:
This item relates to item 14.
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Repeals of spent Acts Schedule 4
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Schedule 4--Repeals of spent Acts
1
2
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment
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(Township Leasing) Act 2007
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1 The whole of the Act
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Repeal the Act.
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Governor-General Amendment Act 2003
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2 The whole of the Act
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Repeal the Act.
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Stevedoring Industry Act 1961
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3 The whole of the Act
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Repeal the Act.
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Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1968
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4 The whole of the Act
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Repeal the Act.
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