Bill
Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-05-26. Infrastructure portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-03-26
- second reading — 2015-03-26
- second reading — 2015-05-12
- second reading — 2015-05-12
- third reading — 2015-05-12
- introduced — 2015-05-13
- second reading — 2015-05-13
- second reading — 2015-05-14
- second reading — 2015-05-14
- third reading — 2015-05-14
- passed — 2015-05-14
- royal assent — 2015-05-26
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 2015-03-26.
This bill is part of a package that reforms governance on Norfolk Island and extends mainland social security, immigration, health arrangements and tax changes to the territory.
The package would abolish the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and replace it with an Advisory Council, transferring legislative power to the Governor-General and giving the Commonwealth Minister supervisory authority over the Administration.
The second phase of the governance reform, starting on 1 July 2016, would apply New South Wales law to Norfolk Island as Commonwealth law and allow agreements for the delivery of state-level services.
- Abolishes the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and Executive Council.
- Establishes an Advisory Council to provide advice to the Administrator.
- Confers broad legislative power on the Governor-General to make ordinances for the territory.
- Creates a statutory Executive Director position to run the Norfolk Island Administration day-to-day.
- Transfers powers and functions from Norfolk Island Ministers to the Commonwealth Minister.
- Sets 1 July 2016 as the start date for applying New South Wales law as Commonwealth law.
The Norfolk Island community, the Norfolk Island Government and Administration, and residents who would gain access to mainland social security, immigration and health arrangements are affected.
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