2010-2011

 

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

SENATE

 

 

INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY

AMENDMENT BILL 2011

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

 

 

 

Amendment to be Moved on Behalf of the Government

 

 

 

(Circulated by authority of

the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity ,

the Hon Gary Gray AO, MP)

 

 

 

Outline

 

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill contains amendments to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 (‘the Act’) intended to update and modernise the operation of the Act. 

 

 

Financial Impact Statement

 

The proposed amendment has no financial impact.

 

 

Note on Amendment

 

Amendment 1 - Schedule 1, page 7 (after line 12), at the end of the Schedule

 

This amendment provides that the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) must include in an annual report prepared under subsection (1) commentary on any employment during the year of a person under proposed new subsection 32(3), whether or not the employment commenced during that year, and on any delegation under proposed new section 32AA in force during the year covered by the report.