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Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2021

2019-2020-2021

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

As passed by both Houses

 

 

 

 

Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2021

 

No.      , 2021

 

 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 , and for other purposes

   

   



Contents

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

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

3............................ Schedules............................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Data disruption                                                                                           3

Surveillance Devices Act 2004                                                                                  3

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979                                  42

Schedule 2—Network activity warrants                                                                 48

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                        48

Surveillance Devices Act 2004                                                                                48

Part 2—Consequential amendments                                                                     81

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002                                                                81

Australian Federal Police Act 1979                                                                       81

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986                                                 82

Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010                                                  85

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986                                  85

Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006                                           95

Ombudsman Act 1976                                                                                                97

Privacy Act 1988                                                                                                      100

Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013                                                                     101

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979                                104

Schedule 3—Account takeover warrants                                                             109

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                        109

National Emergency Declaration Act 2020                                                        152

Schedule 3A—Reviews                                                                                                    153

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010                       153

Intelligence Services Act 2001                                                                               153

Schedule 4—Controlled operations                                                                          154

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                        154

Schedule 5—Minor amendments                                                                               155

Surveillance Devices Act 2004                                                                              155

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979                                155

 

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 , and for other purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 .

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 this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 2

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

 

4.  Schedules 3, 3A, 4 and 5

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.