Inquiry into the provisions of the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004

Inquiry into the provisions of the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004

On 16 June 2004, the Senate referred the provisions of the above Bill to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 22 July 2004.

The Bill amends the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 (the Interception Act) to change the way in which the Interception Act applies to stored communications. The measures in the Bill will exclude interception of stored communications from the prohibition against interception. The amendments will have the effect of limiting the prohibition against interception to the “live” or “real time” interception of communications transiting a telecommunications system.

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Submissions

General Notes to Assist in the Preparation of Submissions

Lodging Submissions

Submissions are called for by 28 June 2004. 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.

Submissions

Public Hearings

Thursday 1 July 2004 Canberra Program (Word 32KB) Transcript (PDF 287KB)

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