Bills and Instruments With No Committee Comment [2019] AUPJCHR 100 (5 December 2019)

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Bills and instruments with no committee comment ^[1]

1.232 The committee has no comment in relation to the following bills which were introduced into the Parliament between 16 September and 19 September 2019. This is on the basis that the bills do not engage, or only marginally engage, human rights; promote human rights; and/or permissibly limit human rights:^[2]

• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019;

• Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019;

• Defence Service Homes Amendment Bill 2019;

• Education Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2019;

• Fair Work Amendment (Stop Work to Stop Warming) Bill 2019;

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Building on the Child Care Package) Bill 2019;

• Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2019;

• Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2019;

• Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Air Pollution) Bill 2019;

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 2) Bill 2019;

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct)

Bill 2019;

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Recovering Unpaid Superannuation)

Bill 2019; and

• VET Student Loans (VSL Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2019.

1.233 The committee has examined the legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 9 August and 19 September 2019.^[3] The committee has reported on three legislative instruments from this period earlier in this chapter. The committee has determined not to comment on the remaining instruments from this period on the basis that the instruments do not engage, or only marginally engage, human rights; promote human rights; and/or permissibly limit human rights.

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[1] This section can be cited as: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Bills and instruments with no committee comment, Report 6 of 2019; [2019] AUPJCHR 100.

[2] Inclusion in the list is based on an assessment of the bill and relevant information provided in the statement of compatibility accompanying the bill. The committee may have determined not to comment on a bill notwithstanding that the statement of compatibility accompanying the bill may be inadequate. Where the committee considers that a statement of compatibility is inadequate it may write to the relevant minister setting out its concerns, see Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Annual Report 2018, pp. 36-37.

[3] The committee examines all legislative instruments registered in the relevant period, as listed on the Federal Register of Legislation. To identify all of the legislative instruments scrutinised by the committee during this period, select 'legislative instruments' as the relevant type of legislation, select the event as 'assent/making', and input the relevant registration date range in the Federal Register of Legislation’s advanced search function, available at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/AdvancedSearch.