STATUTE LAW REVISION ACT 2011 (NO. 5, 2011) - NOTES
STATUTE LAW REVISION ACT 2011 (NO. 5, 2011) - NOTES
No. 5, 2011
No. 5, 2011
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 4
Schedule 1--Amendment of principal Acts 5
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 5
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 5
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 5
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 6
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 6
Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 6
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 11
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 12
Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 12
Higher Education Support Act 2003 12
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 13
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 13
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 15
Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 16
Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981 18
Student Assistance Act 1973 19
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 19
Schedule 2--Amendment of amending Acts 21
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Act 2010 21
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act (No. 2) 2010 21
Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009 21
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2010 21
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Pre-poll Voting and Other Measures) Act 2010 22
Evidence Amendment Act 2008 22
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 22
Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 22
Schedule 3--Repeal of obsolete Acts 23
Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997 23
Road Transport Reform (Vehicles and Traffic) Act 1993 23
States and Northern Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1979 23
States and Northern Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1985 23
States Grants (Beef Industry) Act 1975 23
States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1976 24
States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 24
Williamstown Dockyard Employees Act 1987 24
Schedule 4--Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961 25
Schedule 5--References to specific Ministers 29
Part 1--Definitions of Ministers 29
Division 1--General amendments 29
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 29
Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act 1995 29
Airports (Transitional) Act 1996 29
Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998 30
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 31
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 31
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 32
Australian Film, Television and Radio School Act 1973 32
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 32
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 33
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 33
Australian National Maritime Museum Act 1990 33
Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 34
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 34
Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 34
Australian War Memorial Act 1980 34
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 35
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992 36
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 36
Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972 36
Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976 38
Crimes (Superannuation Benefits) Act 1989 39
Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 39
Criminal Code Act 1995 39
Criminology Research Act 1971 40
Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955 42
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 42
Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 42
Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (Pension Increases) Act 1967 43
Defence Service Homes Act 1918 43
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 43
Intelligence Services Act 2001 45
Lighthouses Act 1911 45
Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 46
Moomba-Sydney Pipeline System Sale Act 1994 46
National Environment Protection Council Act 1994 48
National Museum of Australia Act 1980 50
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997 50
Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992 51
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 51
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 52
Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 52
Postal and Telecommunications Commissions (Transitional Provisions) Act 1975 53
Science and Industry Research Act 1949 53
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 54
Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995 54
Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 54
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited Sale Act 1993 55
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 55
Superannuation (Pension Increases) Act 1971 56
Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993 56
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001 56
Telecommunications Act 1997 57
Telstra Corporation Act 1991 57
Territory Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act 1978 57
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 58
Division 2--Bulk amendments 59
Airports (Transitional) Act 1996 59
Part 2--References changed by orders 61
Part 3--Transitional, saving and application provisions 63
Schedule 6--References to specific Departments 64
Part 1--Departments of State 64
Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998 64
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 64
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 65
Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 65
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 65
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 66
Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 66
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992 67
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 67
Criminal Code Act 1995 68
Defence Service Homes Act 1918 68
Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 69
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 69
Higher Education Funding Act 1988 70
Immigration (Education) Charge Act 1992 70
Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010 71
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 71
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 71
Intelligence Services Act 2001 72
International Arbitration Act 1974 73
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997 74
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 74
Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 75
Radiocommunications Act 1992 76
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 76
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 76
Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995 77
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited Sale Act 1993 77
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 77
Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988 78
Telecommunications Act 1997 78
Telstra Corporation Act 1991 79
Part 2--Parliamentary Departments 80
A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 80
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 80
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 80
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 80
Commonwealth Volunteers Protection Act 2003 80
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 81
Fringe Benefits Tax (Application to the Commonwealth) Act 1986 81
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 82
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 82
Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988 82
Telecommunications Act 1997 83
Part 3--Transitional, saving and application provisions 84
Schedule 7--References to Secretaries to Departments 85
Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986 85
ACIS Administration Act 1999 85
Adelaide Airport Curfew Act 2000 85
Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954 85
Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act 1995 85
Albury-Wodonga Development Act 1973 86
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 86
Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998 87
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 87
Australian Hearing Services Act 1991 87
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 87
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 87
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 87
Australian National Maritime Museum Act 1990 87
Australian National University Act 1991 88
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 88
Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 88
Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 88
Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994 89
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 89
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 89
Commonwealth Bank Sale Act 1995 89
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 89
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998 90
Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 90
Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 91
Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 91
Defence Service Homes Act 1918 91
Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 91
Disability Services Act 1986 91
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 91
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991 92
Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985 92
Farm Household Support Act 1992 92
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 92
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 93
Health Insurance Commission (Reform and Separation of Functions) Act 1997 93
Hearing Services Administration Act 1997 94
Higher Education Funding Act 1988 94
Imported Food Control Act 1992 94
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 94
Industry Research and Development Act 1986 94
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 94
International Arbitration Act 1974 94
International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997 95
Lands Acquisition (Northern Territory Pastoral Leases) Act 1981 96
Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 97
National Environment Protection Measures (Implementation) Act 1998 97
National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 97
National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998 97
Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997 98
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 98
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 98
Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 99
Primary Industry Councils Act 1991 99
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 99
Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 99
Quarantine Act 1908 99
Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984 99
Repatriation Institutions (Transfer) Act 1992 100
Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 100
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited Sale Act 1993 100
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 101
Stevedoring Levy (Collection) Act 1998 101
Student Assistance Act 1973 101
Telecommunications Act 1997 101
Telstra Corporation Act 1991 102
Textile, Clothing and Footwear Investment and Innovation Programs Act 1999 102
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 102
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 102
Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980 103
Schedule 8--References to Departments administering Acts 104
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 104
Crimes Act 1914 104
Defence Housing Australia Act 1987 104
Schools Assistance Act 2008 104
Schools Assistance (Learning Together--Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004 105
No. 5, 2011
An Act to make various amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, to repeal certain obsolete Acts, and for related purposes
[Assented to 22 March 2011]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
[Minister's second reading speech made in--
House of Representatives on 24 November 2010
Senate on 28 February 2011]
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