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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
Presented and read a first time
National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 2) Bill 2023
No. , 2023
(Attorney-General)
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Part 1—Powers and functions of the Attorney-General 3
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 3
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 3
Law Officers Act 1964 3
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 4
Part 2—Defences for certain national infrastructure related offences 5
Criminal Code Act 1995 5
Part 3—Membership of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security 7
Intelligence Services Act 2001 7
Part 4—Spent convictions 8
Crimes Act 1914 8
Part 5—Reporting by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 9
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 9
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 10
Part 6—Investigations by the Ombudsman 11
Ombudsman Act 1976 11
Part 7—Exemptions from freedom of information law 12
Freedom of Information Act 1982 12
Part 8—Review under the archives law 14
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 14
Archives Act 1983 15
Freedom of Information Act 1982 16
Part 9—Other amendments 18
Intelligence Services Act 2001 18
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to national security and intelligence matters, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 2) Act 2023 .
(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.
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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.
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.