Commonwealth: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Act 2006 (Cth)

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Act 2006 No. 49, 2006 An Act to amend the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Act 2006 No. 49, 2006 An Act to amend the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983, and for related purposes [Assented to 1 June 2006] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Act 2006. 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 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 1 June 2006 2. Schedule 1 The later of: 15 June 2006 (a) 15 June 2006; and (paragraph (a) applies) (b) the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent. (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act. 3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Amendments Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 1 At the end of paragraph 12(1)(a) Add "and". 2 Paragraph 12(1)(b) Repeal the paragraph. 3 Subsection 12(4) Omit "or staff‑elected Director". 4 Subsection 12(4A) Repeal the subsection. 5 Sections 13A and 13B Repeal the sections. 6 Subsection 17(1A) Repeal the subsection. 7 At the end of subparagraph 18(2)(a)(ii) Add "or". 8 Paragraph 18(2)(aa) Repeal the paragraph. 9 Subsection 18(3) Repeal the subsection. 10 Subsection 21(7) Repeal the subsection. 11 Cessation of staff‑elected Director and deputy (1) Any person who is the staff‑elected Director immediately before the commencement of item 2 of this Schedule ceases, by force of this subitem, to be a member of the Board on the commencement of that item. (2) Any person who is the deputy of the staff‑elected Director immediately before the commencement of item 5 of this Schedule ceases, by force of this subitem, to be the deputy of the staff‑elected Director on the commencement of that item. [Minister's second reading speech made in— Senate on 29 March 2006 House of Representatives on 24 May 2006] (38/06)