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ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Cybercrime and the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime .............................................. 4 Outline of the Convention ........................................................................................................ 6 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 7 House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications—2010 Report of the Inquiry into Cybercrime ...............................................................................................

    ISSN 1328‐8091  Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 42, 2010-11  17 November 2010 Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010  Sharon Scully and Mary Anne Neilsen  Law and Bills Digest Section  Contents  Re‐introduction of the Bill ........................................................................................................................ 2  Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2  Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2  Access to company registers .............................................................................................................. 3  Committee consideration ........................................................................................................................ 5  Policy position of major stakeholders ...................................................................................................... 5  Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 5  Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 6  ASIC and search warrants to seize documents ................................................................................... 6  Comment ....................................................................................................................................... 7  Access to company registers .............................................................................................................. 7  Comment ....................................................................................................................................... 9  The Aevum case ................................................................................................................................ 10  Comment ..................................................................................................................................... 11  Penalties for offences under Corporations Act ................................................................................ 11  Amendments to Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 .................................... 13  Comment ..................................................................................................................................... 13      2  Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010    Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010  Date introduced:  29 September 2010  House:  House of Representatives  Portfolio:  Treasury  Commencement:  sections 1-3: on Royal Assent; Schedule 1: on proclamation but, if any  provision does not commence within six months from Royal Assent, it commences on the  day after the end of that six month period.  Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech can be found on  the Bills home page, or through http://www.aph.gov.au/bills/. When bills have been passed they can  be found at the ComLaw website, which is at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/.   Re‐introduction of the Bill  The Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2010 (the Bill) was first introduced on 24 June 2010 but 

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 11 March 2010, no. 131, 2009-10, ISSN 1328-8091 Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010 Elibritt Karlsen Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Background ................................................................................................................................. 3 Basis of

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 2 February 2009, no. 85, 2008-09, ISSN 1328-8091 Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill (No.2) 2008 Diane Spooner Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose . . . . . . .

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Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library BILLS DIGEST Information analysis and advice for the Parliament 28 February 2006, no. 102, 2005-06, ISSN 1328-8091 Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006 Sue Harris Rimmer Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose........................................................................................................................................1 Background .................................................................................................................................1 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................1 Stored communications

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library BILLS DIGEST Information analysis and advice for the Parliament 5 May 2005, no. 147, 2004-05, ISSN 1328-8091 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Interception and Other Measures) Bill 2005 Jennifer Norberry Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose...................................................................................................................................3 Background ............................................................................................................................3 Telecommunications (Interception) Act