

2016
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
No. , 2016
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to telecommunications, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Part 1—Main amendments 3
Telecommunications Act 1997 3
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 25
Part 2—Other amendments 26
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 26
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 26
Part 3—Transitional and saving provisions 27
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to telecommunications, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 .
(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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Provisions |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
The day after the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.