Bill
Statute Update Bill 2026
before parliament, as at 2026-09-14. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-06-25
- second reading — 2026-06-25
- other — 2026-07-01
- second reading — 2026-07-01
- second reading — 2026-07-01
- other — 2026-07-02
- third reading — 2026-07-02
- introduced — 2026-07-02
- second reading — 2026-07-02
- second reading — 2026-09-10
- second reading — 2026-09-10
- committee — 2026-09-10
- third reading — 2026-09-10
- other — 2026-09-14
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 2026-06-25.
The bill would make minor and technical corrections to Commonwealth laws and remove outdated Acts.
Schedule 1 would fix errors, update references, and delete spent provisions in various Acts.
Schedule 2 would repeal obsolete Acts without affecting any rights or obligations that arose under them.
- Corrects errors and updates references in Commonwealth Acts.
- Removes spent or redundant provisions from the statute book.
- Repeals obsolete Acts without affecting past actions or legal rights.
Commonwealth departments and agencies, and persons with rights or obligations under the repealed Acts.
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