Bill
Export Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
passed, as at 2014-06-25. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-03-27
- second reading — 2014-03-27
- second reading — 2014-05-28
- second reading — 2014-05-28
- third reading — 2014-05-28
- introduced — 2014-06-16
- second reading — 2014-06-16
- second reading — 2014-06-23
- second reading — 2014-06-23
- third reading — 2014-06-23
- passed — 2014-06-23
- royal assent — 2014-06-25
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 2014-03-27.
This bill is part of a package that would fix technical defects in export laws and allow the Department of Agriculture to recover costs for export services.
The package would align definitions in the Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985 with those in the Export Control Act 1982.
The bill would also amend the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 to let the department recover costs for quota arrangements run by other countries.
- Remedies technical defects in the Export Control Act 1982, Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985, and the Imported Food Control Act 1992.
- Aligns definitions in the Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985 with the Export Control Act 1982.
- Amends the Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 to enable cost recovery for quota arrangements administered by other countries.
The Department of Agriculture and exporters using its services.
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