Bills and Instruments With No Committee Comment [2020] AUPJCHR 140 (24 September 2020)

• Bills and instruments with no committee comment1

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Bills and instruments with no committee comment^[1]

1.201 The committee has no comment in relation to the following bills which were introduced into the Parliament, or restored to the notice paper, between 24 August and 3 September 2020. 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]

• Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020;

• Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020;

• Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Bill 2020;

• Civil Aviation Amendment (Unmanned Aircraft Levy Collection and Payment) Bill 2020;

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Grid Reliability Fund)

Bill 2020;

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Exploitation of Indigenous Culture) Bill 2020;

• Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020;

• Defence Amendment (Sovereign Naval Shipbuilding) Bill 2018;

• Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020;

• Education Legislation Amendment (Up-front Payments Tuition Protection) Bill 2020;

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill 2020;

• Fair Work Amendment (Improving Unpaid Parental Leave for Parents of Stillborn Babies and Other Measures) Bill 2020

• Family Law Amendment (Risk Screening Protections) Bill 2020;

• Franchising Laws Amendment (Fairness in Franchising) Bill 2020;

• Health Insurance Amendment (Administration) Bill 2020;

• Higher Education (Up-front Payments Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2020;

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Category Standards and Other Measures) Bill 2020;

• National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020;

• Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2020;

• Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2020;

• Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020;

• Recycling and Waste Reduction (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020;

• Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Customs) Bill 2020;

• Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Bill 2020;

• Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (General) Bill 2020; and

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Bill 2020.

1.202 The committee has examined the legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 28 July and 11 August 2020.^[3] The committee has reported on one legislative instrument 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.

Senator the Hon Sarah Henderson

Chair

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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 11 of 2020; [2020] AUPJCHR 140.

[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.

[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.