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C2011A00046
27 June 2011
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Schedule 1—Main amendments
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
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Schedule 2—Consequential amendments
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
Admiralty Act 1988
Aged Care Act 1997
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994
Air Navigation Act 1920
Airports Act 1996
Airports (Transitional) Act 1996
Air Services Act 1995
A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999
Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998
Archives Act 1983
Auditor-General Act 1997
AusCheck Act 2007
Australia Council Act 1975
Australian Astronomical Observatory Act 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975
Australian Capital Territory Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982
Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Act 2010
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008
Australian Federal Police Act 1979
Australian Film, Television and Radio School Act 1973
Australian Hearing Services Act 1991
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987
Australian Institute of Marine Science Act 1972
Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990
Australian National Maritime Museum Act 1990
Australian National University Act 1991
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008
Australian Passports Act 2005
Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
Australian Research Council Act 2001
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006
Australian Sports Commission Act 1989
Australian Trade Commission Act 1985
Australian War Memorial Act 1980
Banking Act 1959
Bankruptcy Act 1966
Bills of Exchange Act 1909
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005
Cancer Australia Act 2006
Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
Civil Aviation Act 1988
Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
COAG Reform Fund Act 2008
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Act 1961
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services Act 2009
Copyright Act 1968
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
Crimes Act 1914
Crimes at Sea Act 2000
Criminal Code Act 1995
Criminology Research Act 1971
Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2008
Customs Act 1901
Customs Administration Act 1985
Customs Tariff Act 1995
Defence Act 1903
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973
Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008
Defence Housing Australia Act 1987
Dental Benefits Act 2008
Designs Act 2003
Development Allowance Authority Act 1992
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Do Not Call Register Act 2006
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981
Evidence Act 1995
Excise Tariff Act 1921
Export Control Act 1982
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991
Export Market Development Grants Act 1997
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
Family Law Act 1975
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
Federal Financial Relations Act 2009
Federal Magistrates Act 1999
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
Fisheries Administration Act 1991
Fisheries Management Act 1991
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991
Foreign Proceedings (Excess of Jurisdiction) Act 1984
Freedom of Information Act 1982
Fringe Benefits Tax (Application to the Commonwealth) Act 1986
Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
Future Fund Act 2006
Gene Technology Act 2000
Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011
Governor-General Act 1974
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995
Health Insurance Act 1973
Health Workforce Australia Act 2009
Hearing Services Administration Act 1997
Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Independent Contractors Act 2006
Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
Infrastructure Australia Act 2008
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
Inspector-General of Taxation Act 2003
Inspector of Transport Security Act 2006
Insurance Act 1973
Intelligence Services Act 2001
Interactive Gambling Act 2001
International Air Services Commission Act 1992
Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985
Judges’ Pensions Act 1968
Judiciary Act 1903
Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
Law Officers Act 1964
Life Insurance Act 1995
Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984
Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
Medical Indemnity Act 2002
Migration Act 1958
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989
National Blood Authority Act 2003
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
National Film and Sound Archive Act 2008
National Gallery Act 1975
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007
National Health Act 1953
National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992
National Health Security Act 2007
National Library Act 1960
National Measurement Act 1960
National Museum of Australia Act 1980
National Transport Commission Act 2003
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011
National Water Commission Act 2004
Nation-building Funds Act 2008
Native Title Act 1993
Navigation Act 1912
Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910
Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987
Offshore Minerals Act 1994
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987
Ombudsman Act 1976
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948
Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970
Patents Act 1990
Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
Port Statistics Act 1977
Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989
Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999
Privacy Act 1988
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
Productivity Commission Act 1998
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986
Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008
Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006
Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981
Public Lending Right Act 1985
Public Service Act 1999
Qantas Sale Act 1992
Quarantine Act 1908
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Radiocommunications Act 1992
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984
Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000
Reserve Bank Act 1959
Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997
Rural Adjustment Act 1992
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
Safe Work Australia Act 2008
Science and Industry Research Act 1949
Screen Australia Act 2008
Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Shipping Registration Act 1981
Skills Australia Act 2008
Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995
Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997
Social Security Act 1991
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
Spam Act 2003
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
Special Prosecutors Act 1982
Student Assistance Act 1973
Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1963
Superannuation Act 1976
Superannuation Act 1990
Superannuation Act 2005
Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993
Surveillance Devices Act 2004
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001
Tax Agent Services Act 2009
Taxation Administration Act 1953
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 6) Act 2010
Telecommunications Act 1997
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997
Terrorism Insurance Act 2003
Textile, Clothing and Footwear Investment and Innovation Programs Act 1999
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
Tourism Australia Act 2004
Trade Marks Act 1995
Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
War Graves Act 1980
Water Act 2007
Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008
Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980
Schedule 3—Application, saving and transitional provisions