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Bills and Instruments With No Committee Comment [2019] AUPJCHR 78 (17 September 2019)

Bills and instruments with no committee comment ^[3]

1.53 The committee has no comment in relation to the following bills which were introduced into the Parliament between 9 September and 12 September 2019. 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:^[4]

• ANL Legislation Repeal Bill 2019

• Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2019

• Customs Amendment (Safer Cladding) Bill 2019

• Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019

• National Health Amendment (Safety Net Thresholds) Bill 2019

• National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Amendment Bill 2019

• Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Work Test) Bill 2019

•  Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2019 

1.54 The committee has examined the legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 2 August 2019 and 8 August 2019.^[5] The committee has determined not to comment on 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.

[3] This section can be cited as: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Bills and instruments with no committee comment, Report 5 of 2019; [2019] AUPJCHR 78.

[4] 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. Where the committee considers that a statement of compatibility is inadequate it may write to the relevant minister setting out its concerns, see Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Annual Report 2018, pp. 36-37.

[5] 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.