Bill
Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Norfolk Island Reforms) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-05-26. Treasury portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Treasury
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 and tax arrangements to the territory.
The package would abolish the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and establish an Advisory Council during an interim transition period, with a second phase starting on 1 July 2016 that applies New South Wales state law as Commonwealth law.
The explanatory memorandum does not specify which Acts this bill alone amends or when the interim transition period begins.
- Abolishes the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and Executive Council.
- Establishes an Advisory Council to advise the Administrator.
- Confers legislative power on the Governor-General to make Ordinances for the territory.
- Creates a statutory position of Executive Director to run the Norfolk Island Administration.
- Gives the Commonwealth Minister overarching supervisory powers over the Administration.
- Transfers powers and functions from Norfolk Island Ministers to the Commonwealth Minister.
Norfolk Island residents, the Norfolk Island Government, and the Commonwealth Government.
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