Division Description Changes — Bills — Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2017; Second Reading — 16th Oct 2017

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representatives vote 2017-10-16#2 Edited by mackay staff on 2018-02-23 17:24:48	Title Bills — Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2017; Second Reading Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ ~~<p>The question now is that the bill be read a second time.</p>~~ ~~<p>Bill read a second time.</p>~~ The majority voted to agree with the main idea of the bill, which means the House of Representatives can now discuss it in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets.html). ### What is the bill's main idea? The [bill was introduced to](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5953): *** include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations; * establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation; * allow the Federal Court to prohibit officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person; * allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds; allow applications to be made to the Federal Court for a range of other orders; * expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation; * expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; and * introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations. Learn more in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd045).**

~~Tony Smith~~
~~The question now is that the bill be read a second time.~~
~~Bill read a second time.~~
The majority voted to agree with the main idea of the bill, which means the House of Representatives can now discuss it in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets.html).
### What is the bill's main idea?
The [bill was introduced to](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5953):
* *include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations;*
* *establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation;*
* *allow the Federal Court to prohibit officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person;*
* *allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds; allow applications to be made to the Federal Court for a range of other orders;*
* *expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation;*
* *expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; and*
* *introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations.*
Learn more in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd045).