Page 3508 - Week 09 - Thursday, 23 August 2018
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series of red tape reduction omnibus bills, complementing larger government regulatory reforms.
As part of the Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2017, the government reduced duplication and reporting requirements for ACT charities that were regulated under commonwealth legislation. The bill introduces amendments to the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 to further streamline reporting for charities registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. To reduce red tape, the bill simplifies the way we categorise associations based on their income. It strengthens and clarifies governance requirements by modernising management of associations, and updates a range of processes for contemporary practice.
Many of the incorporated associations in the ACT are small, volunteer-run organisations. We want to support them by making it easier for them to understand and comply with the legislative requirements. To enable us to help associations transition to the new rules, these changes will take effect from July 2019.
This bill will remove references to car market operators from the Traders (Licensing) Act 2016 and the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act 1977, as car market operators have ceased operating in the ACT. It will amend the Land Titles Act 1925 to provide a more efficient process for industry in the lodgement of plans, maps and other documents, including removing outdated requirements for final plans to be submitted on linen paper, which needs to be sourced from the UK.
The ACT and the Australian government agreed to establish a common method for the assessment and listing of threatened species in 2015. Amendments to the Nature Conservation Act 2014, made in 2016, were the first stage of those reforms. This bill amends the act to remove duplication for the listing of key threatening processes under the commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and to streamline the processes for conservation advices. This bill also streamlines the processes under the Planning and Development Act 2007 for notifying the decision as to whether the ACT planning strategy needs to be reviewed.
A key part of the ACT government’s program of regulatory reform is to review the stock of regulation to ensure that it is up to date and responsive to current community needs. People now have a greater choice of forms of identification available to them, including in digital forms on their mobile devices. For Canberrans who enjoy a night out, the ability to have ID on your phone means that, along with mobile phone payments such as tap and pay, and apps to contact friends and call a rideshare, you no longer need to carry a wallet. The world is becoming more digitised, and Canberra is moving forward as a smart city that supports a safe, vibrant and innovative nightlife.
While facilitating greater choice for the community, it is also important that identity documents used to satisfy regulatory requirements have robust and secure processes of verification. This bill will amend various acts and regulations to provide for alternative documents of identification for use in licensed venues, the casino and venues selling tobacco. New forms of identification which have been assessed as being robust and secure will be prescribed through regulation. The first of these to be prescribed in regulations is the Australia Post Keypass ID, which has verification
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