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AUSTRALIAN SMALL BUSINESS AND FAMILY ENTERPRISE OMBUDSMAN (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2015

 

 

 

2013-2014-2015 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Australian Small Business and Family 

Enterprise Ombudsman (Consequential 

and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015 

 

No.      , 2015 

 

(Treasury) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend laws, and deal with 

transitional matters, in connection with the 

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise 

Ombudsman Act 2015, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

No.      , 2015 

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman 

(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015 

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Contents 

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

 

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

 

Schedules ........................................................................................... 2

 

Schedule 1--Consequential amendments

 

3

 

Ombudsman Act 1976

 

3

 

Schedule 2--Transitional provisions

 

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No.      , 2015 

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman 

(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015 

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A Bill for an Act to amend laws, and deal with 

transitional matters, in connection with the 

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise 

Ombudsman Act 2015, and for related purposes 

The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

1  Short title 

 

  This Act may be cited as the Australian Small Business and Family 

Enterprise Ombudsman (Consequential and Transitional 

Provisions) Act 2015

   

   

 

 

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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman 

(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015 

No.      , 2015 

 

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.  Sections 1 to 3 

and anything in 

this Act not 

elsewhere covered 

by this table 

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 

 

2.  Schedule 1 

Immediately after the commencement of 

sections 3 to 96 of the Australian Small 

Business and Family Enterprise 

Ombudsman Act 2015

 

3. Schedule 2 

The day 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. 

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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 

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may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 

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3  Schedules 

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  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Consequential amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

--Consequential amendments 

   

Ombudsman Act 1976 

1  After section 6D 

Insert: 

6E  Transfer of complaints to the Australian Small Business and 

Family Enterprise Ombudsman 

 

(1)  If: 

 

(a)   the Ombudsman forms the opinion that: 

 

(i)  a complaint could have been made to the Australian 

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Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (the 

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ASBFE Ombudsman); and 

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(ii)  the complaint could be more conveniently or effectively 

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dealt with by the ASBFE Ombudsman; and 

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(b)  under the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise 

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Ombudsman Act 2015, the ASBFE Ombudsman has the 

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power to deal with the complaint; 

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the Ombudsman may decide not to investigate the complaint, or 

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not to investigate the complaint further, and to transfer the 

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complaint to the ASBFE Ombudsman. 

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(2)  The Ombudsman must not make a decision under subsection (1) 

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unless: 

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(a)  the Ombudsman has consulted with the ASBFE Ombudsman 

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about whether it would be more convenient or effective for 

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the ASBFE Ombudsman to deal with the complaint; or 

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(b)  the Ombudsman has consulted with the ASBFE Ombudsman 

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about whether it would be more convenient or effective for 

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the ASBFE Ombudsman to deal with a particular class of 

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complaints, and the complaint is one of that class. 

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(3)  If the Ombudsman makes a decision under subsection (1), the 

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Ombudsman must: 

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(a)  transfer the complaint to the ASBFE Ombudsman as soon as 

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is reasonably practicable; and 

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Schedule 1  Consequential amendments 

   

 

 

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(b)  give the ASBFE Ombudsman any information or documents 

relating to the complaint that are in the possession, or under 

the control, of the Ombudsman; and 

 

(c)  as soon as is reasonably practicable, give the complainant 

written notice that the complaint has been transferred to the 

ASBFE Ombudsman. 

 

(4)  The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman 

Act 2015 applies to the complaint, once transferred, as if a request 

for assistance had been made to the ASBFE Ombudsman under 

that Act on the day on which the complaint is transferred. 

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(5)  If a complaint is transferred to the ASBFE Ombudsman under this 

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section, the complaint is taken to be a formal request for assistance 

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made to the ASBFE Ombudsman under the Australian Small 

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Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Act 2015

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Transitional provisions  Schedule 2 

   

 

 

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(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015 

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Schedule 2

--Transitional provisions 

   

1  Disclosure, collection and use of information and 

documents held by the Australian Small Business 

Commissioner 

Information and documents relevant to the advocacy function 

(1) 

The Australian Small Business Commissioner may disclose information 

and documents obtained by the Commissioner in the performance of the 

Commissioner's advocacy functions to the Australian Small Business 

and Family Enterprise Ombudsman for the purposes of the Ombudsman 

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performing the Ombudsman's advocacy function. 

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(2) 

The Ombudsman may collect and use the information or documents for 

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the purposes of performing the Ombudsman's advocacy function. 

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Information and documents relevant to the assistance function 

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(3) 

If a request for assistance to the Australian Small Business 

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Commissioner has not finally been dealt with by the Commissioner 

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before the commencement of this item, the Commissioner may disclose 

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information and documents relevant to the request to the Australian 

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Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman for the purposes of 

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the Ombudsman performing the Ombudsman's assistance function. 

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(4) 

The Ombudsman may collect and use the information or documents for 

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the purposes of performing the Ombudsman's assistance function. 

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