Second Reading Speeches

Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019

Type
Government
Portfolio
Home Affairs
Originating house
Senate
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the:

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010
to expedite the mandated review of the operation, effectiveness and implications of the
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018
, by requiring that it be conducted before the end of the 18 month period beginning on the day the Act received Royal Assent; and
Telecommunications Act 1997
to extend the definition of 'interception agency' to include the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, the Independent Commission Against Corruption of New South Wales, the New South Wales Crime Commission, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission of New South Wales, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission of Victoria, the Crime and Corruption Commission of Queensland, the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (SA) and the Corruption and Crime Commission (WA).

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