Bills and Instruments With No Committee Comment [2021] AUPJCHR 83 (4 August 2021)

• Bills and instruments with no committee comment1

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Bills and instruments with no committee comment^[1]

1.23 The committee has no comment in relation to the following bills which were introduced into the Parliament between 21 and 24 June 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]

• Coronavirus Economic Response Package Amendment (Ending Jobkeeper Profiteering) Bill 2021;

• Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021;

• Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour) Bill 2021;

• Customs Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021;

• Customs Tariff Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021;

• Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Cost Recovery and Other Measures) Bill 2021;

• Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2021;

• Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Amendment Bill 2021;

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Bill 2021;

• Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Better Advice) Bill 2021;

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Amendment Bill 2021;

• No Domestic Covid Vaccine Passports Bill 2021;

• Ransomware Payments Bill 2021;

• Repatriation of Defence Data Bill 2021;

• Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021;

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Amendment

Bill 2021; and

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 5) Bill 2021.

1.24 The committee has examined the legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 11 and 24 June 2021.^[3] The committee has determined not to comment on the legislative 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 9 of 2021; [2021] AUPJCHR 83.

[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.