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Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019

Type	Government
Originating house	Senate
Status	Act
Portfolio	Attorney-General

Summary

Amends the Criminal Code Act 1995 to: introduce new offences that will apply to providers of internet, hosting or content services who fail to refer details of abhorrent violent material that records or streams conduct that has occurred, or is occurring, in Australia to the Australian Federal Police within a reasonable time after becoming aware of the existence of such material, or who fail to remove from, or cease hosting, on their services abhorrent violent material that is capable of being accessed within Australia; and enable the eSafety Commissioner to issue a written notice to a provider of a hosting or content service notifying them that abhorrent violent material can be accessed by, or is hosted on, their service.

Progress of bill

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

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	03/04/19
Second reading agreed to	03/04/19
Third reading agreed to	03/04/19

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	04/04/19
Second reading moved	04/04/19
Second reading debate	04/04/19
Second reading agreed to	04/04/19
Third reading agreed to	04/04/19

Finally passed both Houses	04/04/19
Assent	05/04/19	Act no: 38 - Year: 2019