Title Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022
Database Bills & Legislation
Long Title a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to the oversight of intelligence services, and for related purposes
Date 30-11-2022 04:23 PM
Source House of Reps
Parl No. 47
Bill Number 143/22
Bill Type Government
Portfolio Attorney-General
Reps Bill Code O
Status Before Senate
System Id legislation/bills/r6964_first-reps/0000


Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022
</head> <body lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" xml:lang="EN-AU"> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="Session">2022</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Parliament of the</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Commonwealth of Australia</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="House"><a name="_Hlk120535938">HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Reading">Presented and read a first time</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p> <p class="ShortT"><a name="_Hlk120535936">Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Actno">No.      , 2022</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="Portfolio">(Attorney‑General)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="LongT"><a name="_Hlk120535937">A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to the oversight of intelligence services, and for related purposes</a></p> <p class="MsoHeader"><span class="CharAmSchNo"> </span><span class="CharAmSchText"> </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader"><span class="CharAmPartNo"> </span><span class="CharAmPartText"> </span></p> </div> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always"/></span> <div class="WordSection2"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Contents</span></p> <p class="MsoToc5">1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1</p> <p class="MsoToc5">2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1</p> <p class="MsoToc5">3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3</p> <p class="MsoToc6">Schedule 1—Amendments<span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-weight:normal">                                                                                               </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">4</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 1—Main amendments<span style="font-size:9.0pt">                                                                                        </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">4</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                    </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">4</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 2—Consequential amendments<span style="font-size: 9.0pt">                                                                  </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">35</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                                </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">35</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                   </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">35</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Crimes Act 1914<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                                                                                        </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">36</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Criminal Code Act 1995<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style: normal">                                                                                          </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">37</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Income Tax Assessment Act 1997<span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-style:normal">                                                                          </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">37</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Intelligence Services Act 2001<span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-style:normal">                                                                                </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">37</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Office of National Intelligence Act 2018<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                                              </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">41</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Ombudsman Act 1976<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style: normal">                                                                                              </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">41</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Privacy Act 1988<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                                                                                       </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">41</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                                                      </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">41</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Surveillance Devices Act 2004<span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-style:normal">                                                                               </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">41</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Taxation Administration Act 1953<span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-style:normal">                                                                         </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">42</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Telecommunications Act 1997<span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-style:normal">                                                                                </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">42</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                 </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">43</span></p> <p class="MsoToc6">Schedule 2—Amendments contingent on the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">       </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">48</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 1—Amendments that commence after the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act<span style="font-size:9.0pt">     </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">48</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                  </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">48</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                                </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">48</span></p> <p class="MsoToc7">Part 2—Amendments contingent on the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act that might not commence<span style="font-size:9.0pt">                                                                                                      </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt">49</span></p> <p class="MsoToc9">Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">                                          </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:normal">49</span></p> <p class="MsoToc6">Schedule 3—Application and transitional provisions<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">                                  </span> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:normal">50</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </div> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always"/></span> <div class="WordSection3"> <p class="Page1">A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to the oversight of intelligence services, and for related purposes</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:normal"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt">The Parliament of Australia enacts:</span></p> <opc-section depth="0" ref="11a28af007c2407aaca35deacd3a3e8a" title="1  Short title"><a name="11a28af007c2407aaca35deacd3a3e8a"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc119072132"><span class="CharSectno">1</span>  Short title</a></p> <p class="subsection">                    This Act is the <i>Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Act 2022</i>.</p> </opc-section><opc-section depth="0" ref="fcc85cde67384fb28f67d9be9e177db9" title="2  Commencement"><a name="fcc85cde67384fb28f67d9be9e177db9"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc119072133"><span class="CharSectno">2</span>  Commencement</a></p> <p class="subsection">              (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.</p> <p class="Tabletext"> </p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:5.35pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"> <thead> <tr> <td width="474" colspan="3" valign="top" style="width:355.55pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:none; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Commencement information</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Column 1</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Column 2</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Column 3</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Provisions</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Commencement</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="TableHeading">Date/Details</p> </td> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext"><a name="opcBkStart" id="opcBkStart"/>1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">2.  Schedule 1</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">3.  Schedule 2, Part 1</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">The later of:</p> <p class="Tablea">(a) immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2; and</p> <p class="Tablea">(b) the commencement of Parts 2 to 9 of the <i>National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022</i>.</p> <p class="Tabletext">However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">4.  Schedule 2, Part 2</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">Immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2.</p> <p class="Tabletext">However, the provisions do not commence at all if Parts 2 to 9 of the <i>National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022</i> commence before that time.</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="113" valign="top" style="width:3.0cm;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">5.  Schedule 3</p> </td> <td width="255" valign="top" style="width:191.4pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext">The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.</p> </td> <td width="105" valign="top" style="width:79.1pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 5.35pt 0cm 5.35pt"> <p class="Tabletext"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="notetext"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">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.</span></p> <p class="subsection">              (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.</p> </opc-section><opc-section depth="0" ref="95900fe005c145cd946f9644a878a241" title="3  Schedules"><a name="95900fe005c145cd946f9644a878a241"/><p class="ActHead5"><a name="_Toc119072134"><span class="CharSectno">3</span>  Schedules</a></p> <p class="subsection">                    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.</p> </opc-section><?DMS-Include seriesId="f2187ad0-1a51-4a4a-8ec2-8ff8d2edeb09"?><?DMS-Include seriesId="a4d29357-b241-4b2a-aa9a-2ad9a34297ef"?><?DMS-Include seriesId="d24155c7-e29a-42fd-b7c9-53b67829f2f3"?></div> </body> </div></div></body></html>