Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

I am pleased to introduce this supporting bill, the National Sports Tribunal (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019.

This bill is a companion bill to the National Sports Tribunal Bill 2019, and will deal with consequential and transitional matters arising from the enactment of the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019, as well as for related purposes.

In addition, this bill provides for the administrative matters required to transfer the functions and operations of existing sports dispute resolution processes to the National Sports Tribunal.

The scope of this bill allows a degree of flexibility to make adjustments to the new arrangements or prescribe others matters of a transitional nature in the rules.

This bill will make consequential amendments to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006 to encompass the use of the National Sports Tribunal.

These amendments will take effect prior to the establishment of the National Sports Tribunal on 1 July 2019.

I wholeheartedly commend this bill and its companion bill to the House.

Debate adjourned.