Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move amendment (1) as circulated:

Amdt HB170 - Health Insurance (Approved Pathology Specimen Collection Centres) Tax Amendment Bill 2018

(Government)

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 2), omit the table item, substitute:

So, it is simply a fairly technical minor amendment.

Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I appreciate the advice we've just received in relation to the amendment. The minister has advised that this amendment is about timing. What is the purpose of the change that we have before us?

Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm advised that it's simply because of the delay in the passage of this bill. That has led to a change in the commencement date. The commencement date would have predated the passage of this bill so that's why we've got either 1 December or royal assent.

Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I appreciate that, Minister. Has this matter been raised with the appropriate shadow, from your perspective?

Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm advised that it was circulated prior to the debate today and was deemed noncontroversial. That's my advice. If there's a contrary view, I'm happy to consider it, but obviously this isn't my portfolio, so I'm just going on the advice that I have.

Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader (Tasmania)) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I hadn't actually seen the amendment, but I do take the minister's advice on that.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Bill reported with an amendment; report adopted.