Bill
Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2021-03-26. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-12-03
- second reading — 2020-12-03
- second reading — 2021-02-24
- second reading — 2021-02-24
- third reading — 2021-02-24
- introduced — 2021-02-25
- second reading — 2021-02-25
- second reading — 2021-03-18
- third reading — 2021-03-18
- passed — 2021-03-18
- royal assent — 2021-03-26
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 2020-12-03.
This bill would update six Commonwealth Acts to use standard regulatory powers from the Regulatory Powers Act.
It would replace existing regulatory regimes in some Acts with the standard provisions and add new powers to others.
The bill would amend the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982, Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000, Fisheries Management Act 1991, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011, Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992, and Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011.
- Replaces existing regulatory regimes in some Acts with standard provisions from the Regulatory Powers Act.
- Adds additional regulatory powers to current regimes in some Acts.
- Provides regulatory powers to Acts that currently lack them.
- Includes modifications to standard powers where needed for effective regulation.
Regulatory agencies, businesses, and individuals subject to the regulatory powers in the six amended Acts.
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