Bill
Statute Update (Autumn 2018) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-05-22. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-05-09
- second reading — 2018-05-09
- third reading — 2018-05-09
- introduced — 2018-05-09
- second reading — 2018-05-09
- second reading — 2018-05-10
- second reading — 2018-05-10
- third reading — 2018-05-10
- passed — 2018-05-10
- royal assent — 2018-05-22
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.
The bill fixes minor mistakes in federal laws that came from writing or copying errors.
It would repeal about 572 pages of outdated or no-longer-needed legal text and rename a professional accounting body.
The bill removes mentions of the British monarchy in relation to Norfolk Island and updates references linked to a 2015 reform act.
- Corrects drafting and clerical errors in Acts.
- Repeals spent and obsolete provisions totaling about 572 pages.
- Updates the name of an accounting institute.
- Removes mentions of the Crown concerning Norfolk Island.
- Makes amendments related to the Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015.
The changes affect Commonwealth agencies and users of the statute book.
Sources
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