Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP)SCHEDULE 13 - PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
OUTLINE
731. This Schedule contains consequential amendments to the following Acts in the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005
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- Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
AMENDMENTS
General terminology changes
732. A number of items in this Schedule make simple terminology changes, such as repealing outdated references to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the AAT and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, and replacing them with references to the Administrative Review Tribunal, the ART and the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024. These amendments ensure that the Tribunal has jurisdiction to review decisions that are reviewable by the AAT, and that the relevant provisions under those laws continue to operate in substantively the same way in the new Tribunal.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005
Items 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5: Subsection 143R(2), section 181B, section 196A (heading), subsection 196A(1) and subsection 196A(2)
Terminology changes
733. These items amend terminology. See explanation of general terminology changes above.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005
Item 6: Subitem 208(1) of Schedule 1
Terminology changes
734. This item amends terminology. See explanation of general terminology changes above.
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
Items 7, 8, 9 and 10: Subsection 404-15(7), section 614.1 (paragraph beginning "Division 620") and section 614.1 (paragraph beginning "Division 623")
Terminology changes
735. These items amend terminology. See explanation of general terminology changes above.
Item 11: Subsection 617-10(5)
Terminology changes and updating legislative references
736. This item amends terminology and updates a legislative reference to the AAT Act with the equivalent provision of the ART Bill. This amendment is technical in nature and ensures that subsection 617-10(5) of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 continues to operate in substantively the same way in the new Tribunal. See explanation of general terminology changes above.
Items 12, 13 and 14: Division 623 (heading), section 623-1 (heading), section 623-1
Terminology changes
737. These items amend terminology. See explanation of general terminology changes above.
Item 15: Section 700-1 (definition of AAT )
Terminology changes
738. This item removes the definition of AAT to reflect modern drafting practices.
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