Matters of interest to the Senate [2020] AUSStaCSDLM 14 (12 February 2020)

• Chapter 2
• Matters of interest to the Senate

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Chapter 2

Matters of interest to the Senate

2.1 Senate standing order 23(4) requires the committee to scrutinise each instrument to determine whether the Senate's attention should be drawn to it on the ground that it raises significant issues, or otherwise gives rise to issues that are likely to be of interest to the Senate.

2.2 This chapter identifies the instruments which the committee has resolved to draw to the attention of the Senate and the relevant legislation committee under standing order 23(4), with the exception of instruments which specify Commonwealth expenditure, which are listed in Chapter 3.^[1]

Instrument	Purpose	Portfolio committee
Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Dairy) Regulations 2019 [F2019L01610]	To establish a mandatory Dairy Code of Conduct that sets out a regulatory scheme for enforceable minimum standards of conduct for business practices between dairy farmers and processors of milk.	Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee

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[1] Details of all instruments which the committee has resolved to draw to the attention of the Senate under standing order 23(4) are published on the committee's website: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Scrutiny_of_Delegated_Legislation/Matters_of_interest_to_the_Senate.