

2016-2017-2018-2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Ministers of State (Checks for Security Purposes) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(Senator Patrick)
A Bill for an Act to provide for security background checks of Ministers of State, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2
3............ Simplified outline of this Act.............................................................. 2
4............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 2
Part 2—Reporting requirements 4
5............ Reports on security matters................................................................. 4
6............ Status of reports by the Director-General............................................ 5
7............ Safeguarding of reports....................................................................... 5
8............ Reports prepared at the direction of a previous Prime Minister........... 6
A Bill for an Act to provide for security background checks of Ministers of State, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts: