Bills and Instruments With No Committee Comment [2021] AUPJCHR 100 (25 August 2021)

• Bills and instruments with no committee comment1
• Private Members' and Senators' bills that may limit human rights

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Bills and instruments with no committee comment^[1]

1.136 The committee has no comment in relation to the following bills which were introduced into the Parliament between 3 to 12 August 2021. 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]

• Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2021;

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Counting, Scrutiny and Operational Efficiencies) Bill 2021;

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) Bill 2021;

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021;

• Ensuring Northern Territory Rights Bill 2021;

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021;

• Fair Work Amendment (Improving Paid Parental Leave for Parents of Stillborn Babies) Bill 2021;

• Human Rights (Targeted Sanctions) Bill 2021;

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Improved Grants Reporting) Bill 2021;

• Ransomware Payments Bill 2021 (No. 2);

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 6) Bill 2021; and

• Treasury Laws Amendment (COVID-19 Economic Response No. 2) Bill 2021.

1.137 The committee has examined the legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 25 June and 4 August 2021.^[3] The committee has commented on six legislative instruments from this period in this report. 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.

Private Members' and Senators' bills that may limit human rights

1.138 The committee notes that the following private members' and senators' bills appears to engage and may limit human rights. Should either of these bills proceed to further stages of debate, the committee may request further information from the legislation proponent as to the human rights compatibility of the bill:

• Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2021; and

• International Human Rights and Corruption (Magnitsky Sanctions) Bill 2021.

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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 10 of 2021; [2021] 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.

^[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.