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Australian Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation - Monitor |
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
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Purpose
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Portfolio committee
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Fuel Tax (Road User Charge—Gaseous Fuels) Determination 2021
[F2021L00794]
|
Heavy vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of more than 4.5 tonnes and used
on public roads for business purposes are charged to recover
that part of the
road construction and maintenance costs that are attributable to heavy vehicles
(cost recovery). A portion of the
costs are recovered by states and
territories through heavy vehicle registration charges and a portion by the
Commonwealth through
the fuel-based road user charge.
This determination sets the new rate of road user charge at 35.3 cents per
kilogram for taxable fuels, which is a 2.5 per cent increase
to the previous
rate.
|
Senate Rural and Regional Affairs Legislation Committee
|
Migration Amendment (Merits Review) Regulations 2021
[F2021L00845]
|
To increase the fee for certain merits review applications to the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) from $1,826 to $3,000.
The fee applies to applications for review of decisions relating to visas
other than protection visas, and includes decisions in relation
to sponsorships
and nominations. The new fee is subject to annual increase, from 1 July 2022, in
line with existing legislated indexation
arrangements.
Prior to introducing this measure, the Department of Home Affairs consulted
with the Attorney-General’s Department and the AAT,
however consultation
with external stakeholders such as migration agents and peak bodies was not
conducted.
|
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs 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.
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