Bill
Office of National Intelligence (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-12-10. Prime Minister portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Prime Minister
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-06-28
- second reading — 2018-06-28
- second reading — 2018-11-27
- second reading — 2018-11-27
- committee — 2018-11-27
- third reading — 2018-11-27
- introduced — 2018-11-29
- second reading — 2018-11-29
- second reading — 2018-11-29
- second reading — 2018-11-29
- third reading — 2018-11-29
- passed — 2018-11-29
- royal assent — 2018-12-10
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 2018-06-28.
This bill would make technical changes to support the creation of the Office of National Intelligence as an independent agency reporting to the Prime Minister.
It would amend the main bill to stop the Director-General from delegating powers to engage with foreign authorities, remove an offence about communicating certain information, and require ONI to publish privacy rules unless classified.
The Prime Minister would have to consult the Privacy Commissioner when developing ONI's privacy rules.
- Prohibits delegation of the Director-General's power to engage with foreign authorities.
- Removes the offence of subsequent communications of certain information.
- Requires ONI to publish privacy rules unless disclosure would reveal classified information.
- Requires the Prime Minister to consult the Privacy Commissioner on privacy rules.
The Office of National Intelligence, the Director-General of National Intelligence, the Prime Minister, and the Privacy Commissioner.
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