Bill
Biosecurity Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-08-31. Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture and Water Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-06-27
- second reading — 2018-06-27
- third reading — 2018-06-27
- introduced — 2018-06-27
- second reading — 2018-06-27
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- third reading — 2018-08-23
- passed — 2018-08-23
- royal assent — 2018-08-31
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 2018-03-28.
This bill would update the Biosecurity Act 2015 to better protect Australia from pests and diseases.
It would let certain legal instruments, like the list of banned goods, refer to documents that can be updated later without rewriting the instrument.
The bill would also clarify the meaning of 'commercial-in-confidence information' and 'human remains', and repeal an outdated fees law from 1985.
- Strengthens Australia's biosecurity system.
- Allows instruments under section 174(1) to adopt documents that change over time.
- Clarifies definitions for commercial-in-confidence information and human remains.
- Improves rules on sharing protected information with National Focal Points under the International Health Regulations.
- Fixes technical errors in references and titles.
- Repeals the Quarantine (Validation of Fees) Act 1985.
People and businesses involved in biosecurity, including those handling goods or information under the Biosecurity Act.
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