Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police Powers at Airports) Bill 2019

Type: Government
Portfolio: Home Affairs
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 46

Summary

Amends the: Crimes Act 1914 to: broaden existing identity check provisions and create offences and powers in relation to identity check, move-on and ancillary directions by constables and protective services officers at Australia’s major airports; and Australian Federal Police Act 1979 to provide that the offence of contravening an identity check or move-on direction is a protective service offence for the purposes of the Act.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	04 Jul 2019
Second reading moved	04 Jul 2019
Second reading debate	12 Sep 2019
Second reading agreed to	12 Sep 2019
Third reading agreed to	12 Sep 2019

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	12 Sep 2019
Second reading moved	12 Sep 2019
Second reading debate	19 Sep 2019
Second reading debate	14 Oct 2019
Second reading agreed to	14 Oct 2019
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 2 Centre Alliance agreed to	14 Oct 2019
Third reading agreed to	14 Oct 2019

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendment no. 2 and disagreed to Senate amendment no. 1	15 Oct 2019

Senate
Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate did not insist on its amendment no. 1	15 Oct 2019


Finally passed both Houses	15 Oct 2019
Assent Act no: 89 Year: 2019	28 Oct 2019

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Centre Alliance [sheet 8776]
PATRICK, Sen Rex

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Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Schedule of the amendment made by the Senate to which the House of Representatives has disagreed

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Bills Digest

Notes

Considered by scrutiny committee (10/09/2019): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 4 of 2019
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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