Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2023

No. 50, 2023

An Act to amend the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016, and for related purposes

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 2

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

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

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                3

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016                                           3

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2023

No. 50, 2023

An Act to amend the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016, and for related purposes

[Assented to 3 July 2023]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act is the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2023.

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.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 1—Amendments

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016

1  Subsection 3(1)

Before “object”, insert “main”.

2  After subsection 3(1)

Insert:

          (1A)  An additional object of this Act is to facilitate the provision of financial assistance for the development of Northern Australia economic infrastructure that meets the particular needs of Indigenous persons.

3  Section 5

Insert:

Aboriginal person has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

Indigenous person means:

                     (a)  an Aboriginal person; or

                     (b)  a Torres Strait Islander.

Torres Strait Islander has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

4  Section 5 (after paragraph (d) of the definition of Northern Australia)

Insert:

                   (da)  the Territory of Christmas Island;

                   (db)  the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;

5  Section 5 (paragraph (f) of the definition of Northern Australia)

Omit “to (d)”, substitute “to (db)”.

6  Paragraph 7(1A)(b)

Omit “people to whom paragraph 51(xxvi) of the Constitution applies”, substitute “benefiting Indigenous persons”.

7  Section 41

Omit “$5 billion”, substitute “$7 billion”.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 22 March 2023

Senate on 11 May 2023]