Bill
Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Bill 2014
passed, as at 2015-03-05. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-10-22
- second reading — 2014-10-22
- second reading — 2014-12-02
- second reading — 2014-12-02
- third reading — 2014-12-02
- introduced — 2014-12-03
- second reading — 2014-12-03
- second reading — 2015-02-12
- second reading — 2015-02-12
- committee — 2015-02-12
- third reading — 2015-02-12
- other — 2015-02-12
- other — 2015-02-23
- passed — 2015-02-23
- royal assent — 2015-03-05
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 2014-10-22.
The bill would update the rules for Commonwealth legislative instruments, building on recommendations from a 2008 review.
It would change how these instruments are registered, scrutinised, and automatically repealed, and improve the public register of them.
The bill would also create administrative efficiencies and make Commonwealth laws easier for the public to access.
- The bill would implement outstanding recommendations from the 2008 review of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
- It would make other changes to improve how Commonwealth Acts and instruments are written and managed.
- The bill would also contribute to the government's deregulation agenda by making government operations more efficient and laws more accessible.
Commonwealth rule-makers, agencies, and the public who access Commonwealth laws.
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