Bill
Passports Legislation Amendment (Integrity) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-09-10. Foreign Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Foreign Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-06-04
- second reading — 2015-06-04
- second reading — 2015-06-25
- second reading — 2015-08-19
- second reading — 2015-08-19
- committee — 2015-08-19
- third reading — 2015-08-19
- introduced — 2015-08-20
- second reading — 2015-08-20
- second reading — 2015-08-20
- second reading — 2015-08-20
- third reading — 2015-08-20
- passed — 2015-08-20
- royal assent — 2015-09-10
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-06-04.
The bill aims to make passport rules clearer and give the government more power to fight fraud involving Australian travel documents.
It would let the Minister issue a travel document without a request if someone needs to travel by law, and align the definition of parental responsibility with the Family Law Act 1975.
The Minister could stop processing a passport application where fraud or dishonesty is suspected, and new criminal offences would target fraudulent use of travel documents.
- Allows the Minister to issue a travel-related document on their own initiative for a lawful travel requirement.
- Aligns the definition of parental responsibility with the Family Law Act 1975.
- Lets the Minister refuse to process an application when fraud or dishonesty is reasonably suspected.
- Updates existing offences and creates a new one to address fraudulent use of travel documents.
People applying for or using Australian travel documents, and those with parental responsibility for child passport applicants.
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