Second Reading Speeches

Passports Legislation Amendment (Overseas Travel by Child Sex Offenders) Bill 2017

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

Amends the:

Australian Passports Act 2005
and
Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005
to require the Minister for Foreign Affairs to deny a passport or demand the surrender of a foreign travel document when an Australian citizen is on a state or territory child sex offender register with reporting obligations; and
Criminal Code Act 1995
to create an offence for a registered child sex offender with reporting obligations to travel, or attempt to travel, overseas without permission from a relevant authority.

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