Bills and Instruments With No Committee Comment [2021] AUPJCHR 30 (17 March 2021)

• Bills and instruments with no committee comment1

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Bills and instruments with no committee comment^[1]

1.83 The committee has no comment in relation to the following bills which were introduced into the Parliament between 22 to 25 February 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]

• Australian Local Power Agency Bill 2021;

• Australian Local Power Agency (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2021;

• Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021;

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021;

• Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021;

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Age of Dependants) Bill 2021;

• Special Recreational Vessels Amendment Bill 2021; and

• Work Health and Safety Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2021.

1.84 The committee has examined the legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 28 January and 18 February2021.^[3] The committee has determined not to comment on the 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 3 of 2021; [2021] AUPJCHR 30.

[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.