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Intelligence Services Amendment (Establishment of the Australian Signals Directorate) Bill 2018

2016-2017-2018

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Intelligence Services Amendment (Establishment of the Australian Signals Directorate) Bill 2018

 

No.      , 2018

 

(Defence)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Intelligence Services Act 2001 , and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                 3

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                          3

Intelligence Services Act 2001                                                                                   3

Part 2—Consequential amendments                                                                     19

Acts Interpretation Act 1901                                                                                    19

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006            19

Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005                            22

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986                                                 22

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979                                   22

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                          23

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                           23

Defence Act 1903                                                                                                        24

Defence Trade Controls Act 2012                                                                           24

Freedom of Information Act 1982                                                                           24

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010                         25

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986                                  25

Privacy Act 1988                                                                                                        27

Radiocommunications Act 1992                                                                              27

Taxation Administration Act 1953                                                                          28

Telecommunications Act 1997                                                                                 28

Work Health and Safety Act 2011                                                                           28

Part 3—Transitional provisions                                                                               30

Part 4—Further amendments                                                                                   35

Privacy Act 1988                                                                                                        35

 

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the Intelligence Services Act 2001 , and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Intelligence Services Amendment (Establishment of the Australian Signals Directorate) Act 2018 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1, Parts 1 to 3

1 July 2018.

1 July 2018

3.  Schedule 1, Part 4

The later of:

(a) 1 July 2018; and

(b) immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 .

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.