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Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022

2022

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022

 

No.      , 2022

 

(Attorney-General)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to the oversight of intelligence services, and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

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

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

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                 4

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                          4

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986                                      4

Part 2—Consequential amendments                                                                    35

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986                                                  35

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979                                     35

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                          36

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                            37

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                            37

Intelligence Services Act 2001                                                                                  37

Office of National Intelligence Act 2018                                                                41

Ombudsman Act 1976                                                                                                41

Privacy Act 1988                                                                                                         41

Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013                                                                        41

Surveillance Devices Act 2004                                                                                 41

Taxation Administration Act 1953                                                                           42

Telecommunications Act 1997                                                                                  42

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979                                   43

Schedule 2—Amendments contingent on the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act         48

Part 1—Amendments that commence after the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act       48

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986                                    48

National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022                                                  48

Part 2—Amendments contingent on the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act that might not commence                                                                                                        49

Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006                                            49

Schedule 3—Application and transitional provisions                                    50

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to the oversight of intelligence services, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Act 2022 .

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

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 2, Part 1

The later of:

(a) immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2; and

(b) the commencement of Parts 2 to 9 of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 .

However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.

 

4.  Schedule 2, Part 2

Immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2.

However, the provisions do not commence at all if Parts 2 to 9 of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 commence before that time.

 

5.  Schedule 3

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

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.