Statute Law Revision Act 2005
No. 100, 2005
An Act to make various amendments of the statute
law of the Commonwealth, and for related
purposes
Note: An electronic version of this Act is available in SCALEplus
(http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/comact/browse/TOCN.htm)
Contents
1 Short title.......................................................................................1
2 Commencement .............................................................................1
3 Schedule(s)....................................................................................7
Schedule 1—Amendment of Principal Acts 8
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 8
Aged Care Act 1997 8
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 8
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 8
Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990 9
Crimes Act 1914 9
Criminal Code Act 1995 9
Electronic Transactions Act 1999 9
Evidence Act 1995 10
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 10
Fisheries Management Act 1991 11
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 11
Insurance Act 1973 11
Judiciary Act 1903 12
Life Insurance Act 1995 12
Native Title Act 1993 12
Patents Act 1990 13
Privacy Act 1988 13
Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 14
Social Security Act 1991 14
Taxation Administration Act 1953 18
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 18
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 20
Workplace Relations Act 1996 20
Schedule 2—Amendment of amending Acts 22
Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 22
Statute Law Revision Act 2005 No. 100, 2005
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act
2003 22
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 22
Australian Federal Police and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004 23
Australian Film Commission Amendment Act 2003 23
Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2004 23
Criminal Code Amendment (Espionage and Related Matters) Act 2002 23
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 23
Financial Services Reform Act 2001 24
Financial Services Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 2001 24
Financial Services Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 24
Fisheries Legislation Amendment (High Seas Fishing Activities and
Other Matters) Act 2004 24
General Insurance Reform Act 2001 24
Hearing Services and AGHS Reform Act 1997 24
Jurisdiction of Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000 25
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and
Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 25
Social Security and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Act
1995 25
Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment
(Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2000 25
Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment
(Private Trusts and Private Companies—Integrity of Means Testing)
Act 2000 25
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures)
Act 1996 26
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Budget and Other
Measures) Act 1996 26
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance
Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998 26
Statute Law Revision Act 2002 26
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002 27
Statute Law Revision Act 2005
No. 100, 2005
An Act to make various amendments of the statute
law of the Commonwealth, and for related
purposes
[Assented to 6 July 2005]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act 2005.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
according to its terms.
Commencement information Commencement information Commencement information Commencement information Commencement information Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 to 3 | The day on which this Act receives the | 6 July 2005 |
and anything in | Royal Assent. | |
this Act not | | |
elsewhere covered | | |
by this table | | |
2. Schedule 1, | The day on which this Act receives the | 6 July 2005 |
item 1 | Royal Assent. | |
3. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 1 October 1997 |
item 2 | Subdivision 57B of the Aged Care Act 1997. | |
4. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 1 October 1997 |
item 3 | clause 1 of Schedule 1 to the Aged Care Act | |
| 1997. | |
5. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 8 October 2003 |
item 4 | Schedule 1 to the Agricultural and | |
| Veterinary Chemicals Legislation | |
| Amendment Act 2003. | |
6. Schedule 1, | The day on which this Act receives the | 6 July 2005 |
items 5 to 10 | Royal Assent. | |
7. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 16 August 2004 |
item 11 | items 1 to 5 of Schedule 3 to the | |
| Anti-terrorism Act (No. 3) 2004. | |
8. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 1 January 2003 |
item 12 | item 1 of Schedule 1 to the Proceeds of | |
| Crime (Consequential Amendments and | |
| Transitional Provisions) Act 2002. | |
9. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 15 March 2000 |
item 13 | paragraph 11(6)(a) of the Electronic | |
| Transactions Act 1999. | |
10. Schedule 1, | The day on which this Act receives the | 6 July 2005 |
items 14 to 20 | Royal Assent. | |
11. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 1 August 2000 |
item 21 | item 12 of Schedule 2 to the Fisheries | |
| Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2000. | |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
12. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 24 May 2001 |
item 22 | item 208 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Code | |
| Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and | |
| Related Offences) Act 2000. | |
13. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 3 February 1992 |
item 23 | section 113 of the Fisheries Management | |
| Act 1991. | |
14. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 3 February 1992 |
item 24 | section 166 of the Fisheries Management | |
| Act 1991. | |
15. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 20 August 2004 |
item 25 | item 6 of Schedule 2 to the Fisheries | |
| Legislation Amendment (High Seas Fishing | |
| Activities and Other Matters) Act 2004. | |
16. Schedule 1, | The day on which this Act receives the | 6 July 2005 |
item 26 | Royal Assent. | |
17. Schedule 1, | After the commencement of both Schedule 1 | 1 July 2002 |
item 27 | to the General Insurance Reform Act 2001 | |
| and Schedule 2 to the Financial Sector | |
| (Collection of Data—Consequential and | |
| Transitional Provisions) Act 2001. | |
18. Schedule 1, | The day on which this Act receives the | 6 July 2005 |
items 28 and 29 | Royal Assent. | |
19. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of the | 1 June 1995 |
item 30 | Land Fund and Indigenous Land | |
| Corporation (ATSIC Amendment) Act 1995. | |
20. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of the | 24 May 2001 |
items 31 to 37 | Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Act | |
| 2000. | |
21. Schedule 1, | The day on which this Act receives the | 6 July 2005 |
item 38 | Royal Assent. | |
22. Schedule 1, | Immediately after the commencement of | 16 January 2003 |
item 39 | section 8 of the Prohibition of Human | |
| Cloning Act 2002. | |
23. Schedule 1, | The day on which this Act receives the | 6 July 2005 |
items 40 to 83 | Royal Assent. | |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
24. Schedule 1, items 84 and 85 | Immediately after the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 1 to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Termination) Act 2003. | 27 November 2003 |
25. Schedule 2, items 1 and 2 | Immediately after the time specified in the Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 for the commencement of item 42 of | 1 October 1997 |
| Schedule 3 to that Act. | |
26. Schedule 2, item 3 | Immediately after the time specified in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Act 2003 for the commencement of item 22 of Schedule 1 to | 8 October 2003 |
| that Act. | |
27. Schedule 2, items 4 to 6 | Immediately after the time specified in the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 for the commencement | 1 January 1998 |
| of Schedule 2 to that Act. | |
28. Schedule 2, item 7 | Immediately after the time specified in the Australian Federal Police and Other | 22 December 2004 |
| Legislation Amendment Act 2004 for the commencement of item 16 of Schedule 3 to | |
| that Act. | |
29. Schedule 2, item 8 | Immediately after the time specified in the Australian Film Commission Amendment | 1 July 2003 |
| Act 2003 for the commencement of item 12 | |
| of Schedule 1 to that Act. | |
30. Schedule 2, item 9 | Immediately after the time specified in the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2004 for the commencement of item 167 of | 1 December 2004 |
| Schedule 1 to that Act. | |
31. Schedule 2, items 10 and 11 | Immediately after the time specified in the Criminal Code Amendment (Espionage and Related Matters) Act 2002 for the commencement of section 2 of that Act. | 31 October 2002 |
32. Schedule 2, item 12 | Immediately after the time specified in the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 for the commencement of Schedule 5 to that Act. | 28 November 2003 |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
33. Schedule 2, item 13 | Immediately after the time specified in the Financial Services Reform Act 2001 for the commencement of item 334 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 11 March 2002 |
34. Schedule 2, items 14 and 15 | Immediately after the time specified in the Financial Services Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 2001 for the commencement of items 57 and 126 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 11 March 2002 |
35. Schedule 2, item 16 | Immediately after the time specified in the Financial Services Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 2002 for the commencement of item 7 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 11 March 2002 |
36. Schedule 2, items 17 and 18 | Immediately after the time specified in the Fisheries Legislation Amendment (High Seas Fishing Activities and Other Matters) Act 2004 for the commencement of item 9 of Schedule 2 to that Act. | 20 August 2004 |
37. Schedule 2, item 19 | Immediately after the time specified in the General Insurance Reform Act 2001 for the commencement of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 1 July 2002 |
38. Schedule 2, item 20 | Immediately after the time specified in the Hearing Services and AGHS Reform Act 1997 for the commencement of item 6 of Schedule 4 to that Act. | 18 June 1997 |
39. Schedule 2, item 21 | Immediately after the time specified in the Jurisdiction of Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000 for the commencement of section 2 of that Act. | 30 May 2000 |
40. Schedule 2, item 22 | Immediately after the time specified in the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 for the commencement of item 95 of Schedule 3 to that Act. | 1 July 2004 |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
41. Schedule 2, item 23 | Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1995 for the commencement of item 114 of Schedule 5 to | 20 September 1996 |
| that Act. | |
42. Schedule 2, item 24 | Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2000 for the commencement of item 138 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 20 September 2000 |
43. Schedule 2, item 25 | Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Private Trusts and Private Companies—Integrity of Means Testing) Act 2000 for the commencement of item 23 of Schedule 1 to that Act. | 13 November 2000 |
44. Schedule 2, item 26 | Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996 for the commencement of item 27 of Schedule 5 | 20 March 1997 |
| to that Act. | |
45. Schedule 2, item 27 | Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996 for the commencement of section 2 of | 23 December 1996 |
| that Act. | |
46. Schedule 2, item 28 | Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998 for the commencement of item 41 of Schedule 9 to | 1 July 1998 |
| that Act. | |
47. Schedule 2, item 29 | Immediately after the time specified in the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998 for the commencement of item 169 of Schedule 9 to | 1 July 1998 |
| that Act. | |
Commencement information Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
48. Schedule 2, items 30 and 31 | Immediately after the time specified in the Statute Law Revision Act 2002 |