Bill
Civil Law and Justice (Omnibus Amendments) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-10-13. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-06-25
- second reading — 2015-06-25
- second reading — 2015-09-14
- second reading — 2015-09-14
- third reading — 2015-09-14
- introduced — 2015-09-14
- second reading — 2015-09-15
- second reading — 2015-09-15
- second reading — 2015-09-15
- third reading — 2015-09-15
- passed — 2015-09-15
- royal assent — 2015-10-13
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 2015-06-25.
This bill makes small, non-controversial adjustments to several civil justice laws to make them clearer and work better.
It would change the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act, the Bankruptcy Act, the Evidence Act, the Federal Circuit Court Act, the Federal Court Act and the International Arbitration Act, plus other related Acts.
For the Federal Circuit Court, an arrester authorised by a warrant could use reasonable force to enter premises to make an arrest.
- Ensure all parties to a review get notice that an application has been made.
- Clarify confidentiality rules for bankrupts' statements of affairs.
- Move journalist privilege provisions to a new part of the Evidence Act.
- Give Federal Circuit Court arrester authority to use reasonable force when executing arrest warrants.
- Streamline jury empanelment in the Federal Court.
- Impose time limits for court review of Official Receiver's decisions.
People involved in tribunal reviews, bankrupts, journalists, police and arrestees, and court participants in the Federal Circuit and Federal Courts.
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