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Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017

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:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 .

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 this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1

The day after the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day 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.