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Meteorology Amendment (Online Advertising) Bill 2014

Portfolio: Environment
Introduced: House of Representatives, 26 June 2014

Purpose

1.1        The Meteorology Amendment (Online Advertising) Bill 2014 (the bill) seeks to amend the Meteorology Act 1955 to confirm the powers of the Director of Meteorology to include advertising in connection with the Bureau of Meteorology’s services and require the Director to develop and publish guidelines relating to advertising.

1.2        The bill is accompanied by a statement of compatability which concludes that the bill is 'compatible with human rights because to the extent that it may limit human rights, those limitations are reasonable, necessary and proportionate'.[1]

1.3                  The committee considers that the bill does not appear to give rise to human rights concerns.

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