Matters of interest to the Senate [2020] AUSStaCSDLM 94 (27 August 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 significant executive expenditure, which are listed in Chapter 3.^[1]

Instrument	Purpose	Portfolio committee
Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 2) [F2020L00653]	To amend the Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Determination 2015 to reduce most receiver licence taxes by 0.8 per cent.	N/A
Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 2) [F2020L00652]	To amend the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Determination 2015 to reduce most transmitter licence taxes by 0.8 per cent.	N/A
Social Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 10) Determination 2020 [F2020L00690]	To temporarily modify the Social Security Act 1991 to implement measures related to carer payment and carer allowance, former recipients of wife pension, mobility allowance, and pension portability, to prevent detriment to social security recipients resulting from the impacts of COVID-19.	Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Senate Select Committee on COVID-19

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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.