{"id":"BILL-r7480","name":"Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2026","slug":"treasury-laws-amendment-business-registries-stabilisation-and-uplift-bill-2026","collection":"bill","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":457661,"registerId":"commonwealth-BILL-r7480-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-05-18","status":"introduced","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0001","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 1","content":"# Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2026\n\nSource: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7480\n\n## Parliamentary progress\n\nProgress\n\nHouse of Representatives\n\nIntroduced and read a first time\n\n14 May 2026\n\nSecond reading moved\n\n14 May 2026\n\n## Notes\n\nDocuments and transcripts\n\nText of bill\n\nFirst reading\n\nExplanatory memoranda\n\nExplanatory memorandum\n\nTranscript of speeches\n\nAll second reading speeches\n\nMinister's second reading speech\n\nProposed amendments\n\nNo proposed amendments have been circulated.\n\nSchedules of amendments\n\nNo documents at present\nNotes\n\nReferred to Committee (14/05/2026): Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Report due 17/06/2026\n\n## Official APH document links\n\n- First reading: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fr7480_first-reps%2F0000%22;rec=0\n- Explanatory memorandum: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr7480_ems_3df32127-b595-4b84-b504-6f812a359a06%22\n- All second reading speeches: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result/Second_Reading_Speeches?BillId=r7480\n- Minister's second reading speech: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F29156%2F0025%22\n- Report due 17/06/2026: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/TLABBusinessRegistries","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Bill's scope remains aligned with its stated objective to stabilize and upgrade legacy databases following the formal abandonment of the comprehensive registry merger program."},"complexity_factors":["Amends multiple overlapping acts, including the Corporations Act 2001 and the Business Names Registration Act 2011, to realign administrative functions.","Requires transitional provisions to manage the return of delegated authorities and technical standards to ASIC.","Maintains separate legacy regulatory frameworks and disclosure rules across multiple distinct registers rather than consolidating them into a single streamlined statutory regime."],"plain_english_summary":"This Bill amends the Corporations Act and related laws to fund and authorize targeted stabilization and incremental modernization of ASIC’s separate legacy registries rather than migrating to a single national platform. ASIC keeps operational control; federal funds pay remediation while existing user fees and separate portals remain. The change reduces execution and rollout risk but forgoes the productivity and simplification benefits of a unified register."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/treasury-laws-amendment-business-registries-stabilisation-and-uplift-bill-2026","history":"/api/acts/treasury-laws-amendment-business-registries-stabilisation-and-uplift-bill-2026/history","analysis":"/api/acts/treasury-laws-amendment-business-registries-stabilisation-and-uplift-bill-2026/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/treasury-laws-amendment-business-registries-stabilisation-and-uplift-bill-2026/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/treasury-laws-amendment-business-registries-stabilisation-and-uplift-bill-2026/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/treasury-laws-amendment-business-registries-stabilisation-and-uplift-bill-2026/documents"}}