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A Bill for an Act to make various technical amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, and for related purposes
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Registered 06 Sep 2016
Introduced HR 30 Aug 2016
Table of contents.

2016

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Statute Law Revision Bill 2016

 

No.      , 2016

 

(Prime Minister)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to make various technical amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, and for related purposes

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments of principal Acts                                                         3

Part 1—General amendments                                                                                   3

Aviation Transport Security Act 2004                                                                     3

Bankruptcy Act 1966                                                                                                  3

Biosecurity Act 2015                                                                                                   3

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988                                       4

Civil Aviation Act 1988                                                                                              4

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995               5

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                           5

Customs Act 1901                                                                                                        5

Excise Act 1901                                                                                                            6

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                     7

Family Law Act 1975                                                                                                  7

International Arbitration Act 1974                                                                         7

Migration Act 1958                                                                                                     7

Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990                                                                8

Part 2—Amendments of listed provisions                                                          9

My Health Records Act 2012                                                                                     9

 

 


A Bill for an Act to make various technical amendments of the statute law of the Commonwealth, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act is the Statute Law Revision Act 2016.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this Act

The 28th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3  Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments of principal Acts

Part 1General amendments

Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

1  Subsection 3(4)

Omit “Convention on International Aviation (also known as the Chicago Convention)”, substitute “Convention on International Civil Aviation (also known as the Chicago Convention)”.

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect citation of the name of an agreement.

Bankruptcy Act 1966

2  Subparagraphs 205A(4)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) and (6)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii)

Omit “the the”, substitute “the”.

Note:       This item omits a redundant word.

Biosecurity Act 2015

3  Subsection 177(2) (note 2)

Omit “paragraph 592(4)(e)”, substitute “paragraph 592(4)(b)”.

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.

4  Subsection 273(1) (note 2)

Omit “paragraph 592(4)(e)”, substitute “paragraph 592(4)(b)”.

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.

5  Subsection 278(1) (note)

Omit “paragraph 592(4)(e)”, substitute “paragraph 592(4)(b)”.

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.

6  Subsection 280(1) (note)

Omit “paragraph 592(4)(e)”, substitute “paragraph 592(4)(b)”.

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.

7  Subsection 434(1) (note 2)

Omit “paragraph 592(4)(e)”, substitute “paragraph 592(4)(b)”.

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.

8  Subsection 523(1) (cell at table item 19, column headed “Provision”)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

                Subsection 221(3)

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.

9  Paragraph 641(3)(c)

Omit “partner”, substitute “member”.

Note:       This item fixes a reference to an incorrect concept.

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

10  After the heading to Division 1 of Part VIII

Insert:

103ZB  Simplified outline of this Part

Note:       This item inserts a missing section number and heading.

Civil Aviation Act 1988

11  Paragraph 26(2)(a)

Omit “subsection 14(1) of the Air Navigation Act 1920”, substitute “section 14 of the Air Navigation Act 1920”.

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.

12  Subsection 32AHO(4)

Repeal the subsection.

Note:       This item repeals a redundant subsection.

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

13  Section 86 (the section 86 inserted by item 9 of Schedule 7 to the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Act 2014)

Renumber as section 85A and relocate it to before the section 86 inserted by item 23 of Schedule 6 to the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Act 2014.

Note:       This item renumbers a section and relocates it to its appropriate position.

Crimes Act 1914

14  Paragraph 3ZM(7)(b)

Omit “admissable”, substitute “admissible”.

Note:       This item fixes a spelling error.

15  Subsection 22(6)

Omit “a Australian travel document”, substitute “an Australian travel document”.

Note:       This item fixes a grammatical error.

Customs Act 1901

16  Paragraph 203D(2)(c)

Omit “the the”, substitute “the”.

Note:       This item omits a redundant word.

17  Subsections 227F(5) and (7)

Omit “a item”, substitute “an item”.

Note:       This item fixes grammatical errors.

Excise Act 1901

18  Subsection 100(1)

Omit “is guilty of”, substitute “has committed the offence of”.

Note:       This item changes a phrase, for consistency with current drafting practice.

19  Paragraphs 100(1)(a) and (b)

Omit “Unlawfully”, substitute “unlawfully”.

Note:       This item fixes typographical errors.

20  Paragraph 100(1)(c)

Omit “Being”, substitute “being”.

Note:       This item fixes a typographical error.

21  Section 103

Omit “(1) Commit”, substitute “(a) commit”.

Note:       This item fixes a numbering error and a typographical error.

22  Section 103

Omit “(or)”, substitute “or”.

Note:       This item fixes a typographical error.

23  Section 103

Omit “(2) Admit”, substitute “(b) admit”.

Note:       This item fixes a numbering error and a typographical error.

24  Paragraph 104(1)(a)

Omit “The”, substitute “the”.

Note:       This item fixes a typographical error.

25  Paragraph 104(1)(b)

Omit “Before”, substitute “before”.

Note:       This item fixes a typographical error.

26  Paragraph 104(1)(c)

Omit “The”, substitute “the”.

Note:       This item fixes a typographical error.

Fair Work Act 2009

27  Subsection 539(2) (table item 38, column 3, paragraph (b))

Omit “Federal Magistrates Court”, substitute “Federal Circuit Court”.

Note:       This item fixes a misstatement of a title of a court.

Family Law Act 1975

28  Subparagraph 90M(1)(a)(i)

Omit “the parties to a marriage or either or them”, substitute “the parties to a marriage or either of them”.

Note:       This item fixes a typographical error.

International Arbitration Act 1974

29  Article 7(4) of Schedule 2

Omit “telexor”, substitute “telex or”.

Note:       This item fixes a typographical error.

Migration Act 1958

30  Subsection 5(1) (definition of Regulatory Powers Act)

Omit “Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2013”, substitute “Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014”.

Note:       This item fixes an incorrect citation of a short title of an Act.

31  Section 267 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

267  Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner may freeze amounts to secure future debts

Note:       This item fixes an incomplete amendment.

32  Paragraph 336E(2)(f)

Omit “Authority,,”, substitute “Authority,”.

Note:       This item omits a redundant comma.

Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990

33  Subsection 3(4)

Omit “overriden”, substitute “overridden”.

Note:       This item fixes a spelling error.

Part 2Amendments of listed provisions

My Health Records Act 2012

34  Amendments of listed provisions

The provisions of the My Health Records Act 2012 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to the term My Health Records Rules

Item

Provision

Omit

Substitute

1

Section 5 (paragraph (b) of the definition of this Act)

Record

Records

2

Paragraph 6(6)(b)

Record

Records

3

Paragraph 7(3)(b)

Record

Records

4

Paragraph 15(b)

Record (first occurring)

Records

5

Paragraph 15(l)

Record (second occurring)

Records

6

Paragraph 41(1)(c)

Record

Records

7

Subsection 41(2)

Record (second occurring)

Records

8

Paragraph 43(b)

Record

Records

9

Subsection 44(2)

Record (second occurring)

Records

10

Subparagraph 45(b)(ii)

Health Record

Health Records

11

Paragraph 48(a)

Record

Records

12

Subsection 49(2)

Record (second occurring)

Records

13

Paragraph 51(2)(b)

Record

Records

14

Paragraph 51(2)(c)

Record (second occurring)

Records

15

Subsections 55(1) and (2)

Record

Records

16

Subsection 55(3)

Record

Records

17

Paragraph 57(b)

Record

Records

18

Subparagraph 61(1)(b)(ii)

Record (wherever occurring)

Records

19

Subparagraph 62(b)(ii)

Record (wherever occurring)

Records

20

Section 78

Record

Records

21

Subsection 109(1)

Record

Records

22

Subsection 109(1)

Record

Records

23

Subsection 109(3)

Record (first occurring)

Records

24

Subsections 109(4A) and (5)

Record

Records

25

Subsection 109(6)

Record (first occurring)

Records

26

Subsections 109(7) and (7A)

Record

Records

27

Subsection 109(8)

Record (first occurring)

Records

28

Subsection 109(8)

Record (third occurring)

Records

29

Subsection 112(2)

Record

Records