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Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching Services) Bill 2019


Type
Government
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Portfolio
Foreign Affairs and Trade

Summary

Amends the Australian Passports Act 2005 to enable the minister to make Australian travel document data available for the purposes of, and by the automated means intrinsic to, the identity-matching services to which the Commonwealth, states and territories agreed in the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services, agreed by COAG on 5 October 2017.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 31/07/19  
Second reading moved 31/07/19  
Lapsed at dissolution 11/04/22  
     

Text of bill

  • First reading

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Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum

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Second reading speeches


Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

Bills Digest



Notes
  • Referred to Committee (02/08/2019): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; Committee report (24/10/2019)
  • Considered by scrutiny committee (10/09/2019): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 4 of 2019