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2004-2005-2006

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Royal Commissions Amendment Bill 2006

(Amendments to be moved by Senator Allison on behalf of the Australian Democrats in committee of the whole)

(1)     Schedule 1, item 5, page 5 (after line 2), after subsection 6AA(3), insert:

          (3A)  In deciding whether a document required to be inspected in accordance with subsection (3) should be inspected by a member of the Commission or a person authorised by the member of the Commission, the member of the Commission may consider not inspecting the document if:

                     (a)  there is a likelihood of criminal proceedings arising where the document may be used; or

                     (b)  there is a likelihood that inspection may cause a member of the Commission to be biased.

[protection against bias]