Bill
Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2014
passed, as at 2014-09-11. Treasury portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Treasury
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-05-15
- second reading — 2014-05-15
- second reading — 2014-07-16
- other — 2014-07-16
- second reading — 2014-07-16
- other — 2014-07-16
- third reading — 2014-07-16
- introduced — 2014-07-17
- second reading — 2014-07-17
- second reading — 2014-08-28
- second reading — 2014-08-28
- third reading — 2014-08-28
- passed — 2014-08-28
- royal assent — 2014-09-11
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-05-15.
The bill would make it easier to trade retail corporate bonds in Australia.
It changes the Corporations Act 2001 to reduce compliance costs for issuers of certain retail bonds.
The main changes start on a day set by Proclamation or six months after Royal Assent, while the rest of the bill starts the day after Royal Assent.
- The bill amends the Corporations Act 2001.
- It facilitates improved trading of retail corporate bonds.
- It reduces compliance costs for issuers of certain retail corporate bonds.
Issuers of certain retail corporate bonds.
Sources
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