Bills and Instruments With No Committee Comment [2021] AUPJCHR 114 (16 September 2021)

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

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Bills and instruments with no committee comment^[1]

1.1 The committee has no comment in relation to the following bills which were introduced into the Parliament between 23 August and 2 September 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]

• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021;

• Aged Care Amendment (Registered Nurses Ensuring Quality Care) Bill 2021;

• COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2021;

• Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment Bill 2021;

• Customs Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021;

• Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Bill 2021;

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021;

• Health Insurance Amendment (Enhancing the Bonded Medical Program and Other Measures) Bill 2021;

• Investment Funds Legislation Amendment Bill 2021;

• Live Performance Federal Insurance Guarantee Fund Bill 2021;

• National Health Amendment (COVID-19) Bill 2021;

• National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment Bill 2021;

• No Requirement for Medical Treatment (Including Experimental Injections) Without Consent (Implementing Article 6 of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights) Bill 2021;

• Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021;

• Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021;

• Paid Parental Leave Amendment (COVID-19 Work Test) Bill 2021;

• Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021;

• Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Facilitation) Bill 2021; and

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 7) Bill 2021.

1.2 The committee has examined the legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 5 August and 1 September 2021.^[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.

Private senators' bills that may limit human rights

1.3 The committee notes that the following senators' bills appear 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:

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Integrity of Elections) Bill 2021; and

• Federal Environment Watchdog Bill 2021.

Dr Anne Webster MP

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 2021; [2021] AUPJCHR 114.

^[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.