Bill
Statute Update Bill 2016
passed, as at 2016-09-23. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-09-01
- second reading — 2016-09-01
- second reading — 2016-09-14
- other — 2016-09-14
- second reading — 2016-09-14
- other — 2016-09-14
- third reading — 2016-09-14
- introduced — 2016-09-15
- second reading — 2016-09-15
- second reading — 2016-09-15
- second reading — 2016-09-15
- third reading — 2016-09-15
- passed — 2016-09-15
- royal assent — 2016-09-23
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 2016-09-01.
This bill is part of a package of Statute Update Bills that aim to modernize existing laws to align with current drafting standards and practices.
The package would revise various Acts to use penalty units instead of dollar amounts, update references to maximum penalties, adjust evidentiary provisions to treat certificates and registers as prima facie evidence, and update references to aircraft registration under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
The explanatory memorandum does not specify how many Acts are amended or provide a commencement date.
- The package would replace dollar-denominated penalties with penalty units.
- It would update references to 'maximum penalty' in line with existing practice.
- It would amend evidentiary provisions to make certificates and registers prima facie evidence.
- It would update references to aircraft registered under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
The changes affect Commonwealth legislation and those who rely on or administer these laws.
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