Inquiry into Amendments to the Australian Protective Service Amendment Bill 2003

Inquiry into Amendments to the Australian Protective Service Amendment Bill 2003

On Tuesday 9 September 2003, the Senate referred the provisions of the Bill to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee for inquiry and report on 7 October 2003.

This inquiry is subsequent to the Committee's previous consideration in July/August 2003 of the Australian Protective Service Amendment Bill 2003, and relates to subsequent Government amendments. The proposed amendments primarily seek to confer the same stop and search powers on Australian Federal Police Officers as is proposed to be conferred on Australian Protective Service officers by the original Bill.

Further Information

Hearings

Sydney 24 September 2003 (Word 26KB)

Proof Hansard, 24 September 2003 (PDF 205KB)

Submissions

Lodging Submissions

The closing date for lodgement of submissions with the Committee is 19 September 2003. Submissions become Committee documents and are only made public after a decision by the Committee. Unauthorised release of submissions is not covered by parliamentary privilege. Further assistance can be obtained by phoning the secretariat on (02) 6277 3560.

The Committee encourages the lodgement of submissions in electronic form to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au. Please ensure that a postal address and phone number is enclosed with all email submissions.

Submissions may also be faxed to (02) 6277 5794.

Report - Tabled 7 October 2003

For further information

    The Secretariat
    Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
    Room S1.61, Parliament House
    Canberra ACT 2600
    AUSTRALIA

    Telephone: (02) 6277 3560
    Fax: (02) 6277 5794