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Redundant Legislation Repeal Bill 2016
The Redundant Legislation Repeal Bill 2016 is one of a number of important measures to cut
red tape.
This Bill will remove a significant backlog of redundant legislation from the regulatory landscape.
Some of the legislation that has been identified as redundant has been superseded by more
current legislation, whilst other legislation no longer serves an effective purpose.
Much of the legislation repealed by this Bill does not have an automatic repeal clause, which are
now more commonplace.
The last substantial exercise conducted by this Parliament to remove redundant legislation was
back in 2000, when the Statute Law Revision (Repeals) Act 2000 was passed.
This Bill identifies 115 Acts to be repealed and over 100 regulatory instruments that are spent
and need to be rescinded.
This Bill contains three schedules, each dealing with different regulatory instruments:
Schedule 1 seeks to repeal primary legislation that is redundant;
Schedule 2 seeks to rescind statutory rules and bylaws that are spent;
Schedule 3 seeks to revoke proclamations that have expired and serve no useful
purpose.
Consultation on this Bill has involved a whole-of-Government approach to reviewing redundant
legislation, to ensure that Acts and regulatory instruments repealed by the Bill will not result in
unintended consequences.
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