Page 3633 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 28 October 2014
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ACTEW, are subject to the Australian privacy principles under the commonwealth’s Privacy Act as if the act applied to them.
This bill performs the role it should. It does not go to matters of policy, but makes laws administrated by the JACS Directorate more consistent and efficient and provides clarity and reduced red tape for the people of Canberra, I commend the JACS Directorate for its work.
MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo) (10.49): The Greens will be supporting this bill today. It makes a number of minor policy changes in the Justice and Community Safety portfolio. The changes are not controversial and I will briefly comment on each of them.
The bill amends the Administration and Probate Act 1929 in relation to the notice that must be given by an executor or administrator prior to distributing assets. The amendment will require a prescribed form to be used for notice, if one is prescribed by the rule-making committee under the Court Procedures Act 2004.
The bill also inserts a new section which provides a statutory right for interested parties to access copies of current and revoked wills, including codicils and informal wills.
The bill amends the Agents Act 2003, clarifying that it is an offence for real estate salespeople, stock and station salespeople and business salespeople not to be registered and to be employed by a licensed agent when providing a service. It makes a further minor amendment to remove some red tape in relation to agents’ licensing, which is consistent with the requirements in New South Wales.
The bill amends the Human Rights Commission Act so that the commission may provide a report of the commission to a third party when satisfied with certain considerations, such as that the report is about matters that the third party has an appropriate interest in, and that it is in the public interest to give the report.
The bill makes a further minor amendment to ensure that service providers provide clear information to consumers about how to make complaints under the Human Rights Commission Act.
The bill amends the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, clarifying that powers of attorney may not be given to those under 18.
The bill also amends the Public Trustee Act 1985 to authorise the Public Trustee to require an entity to provide information relevant to the exercise of his powers. This information is often required by the Public Trustee to fulfil his duties.
Lastly, the bill makes a series of consequential amendments relating to the commencement of the Information Privacy Act 2014. These are mainly reference changes; for example, references to the Privacy Act are changed to the Information Privacy Act, and references to the Privacy Commissioner are changed to the Information Privacy Commissioner.
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