Second Reading Speeches

Foreign Affairs Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Bill 2013

Type
Government
Portfolio
Foreign Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the:

Intelligence Services Act 2001
to enable an Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) employee to move to an Australian Public Service (APS) agency in the same way that APS employees voluntarily transfer between agencies; and
Work Health and Safety Act 2011
to enable the Director-General of ASIS, with the approval of the minister, to make a declaration that specified provisions of the Act do not apply, or apply subject to modifications, in relation to persons carrying out work for the Director-General.

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