Bill
Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-10-30. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-08-09
- second reading — 2017-08-09
- second reading — 2017-09-11
- second reading — 2017-09-11
- committee — 2017-09-11
- third reading — 2017-09-11
- introduced — 2017-09-12
- second reading — 2017-09-12
- second reading — 2017-10-16
- second reading — 2017-10-16
- committee — 2017-10-16
- third reading — 2017-10-16
- passed — 2017-10-16
- royal assent — 2017-10-30
Divisions
- Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Section 42 — 2017-10-16, Senate: negative, ayes 7, noes 44
- Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Unauthorised disclosure — 2017-10-16, Senate: negative, ayes 8, noes 31
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-08-09.
The bill would narrow the definition of protected information in the Australian Border Force Act 2015 to cover only specific kinds of information.
It would remove the current requirement for disclosure rules to be prescribed in a legislative instrument, which the government says is ineffective and reduces efficiency.
The bill would add three new permitted purposes for disclosing protected information that contains personal information: inter-country adoption, national security and defence of Australia, and locating missing persons.
- Repeal the broad definition of protected information and replace it with a definition of Immigration and Border Protection information.
- Remove paragraphs 44(2)(d) and 45(2)(d) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015.
- Add three new permitted purposes for disclosing personal information under the Act.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection, including the Australian Border Force, and entrusted persons who handle information.
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