Bill
Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-12-10. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-11-28
- second reading — 2018-11-28
- second reading — 2018-12-04
- second reading — 2018-12-04
- third reading — 2018-12-04
- introduced — 2018-12-05
- second reading — 2018-12-05
- second reading — 2018-12-05
- second reading — 2018-12-05
- third reading — 2018-12-05
- passed — 2018-12-05
- 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 2018-11-28.
This bill updates the rules for a register that tracks people working for foreign governments and related groups.
It would let the department head keep publishing details about former registrants and allow them to fix or update that public information.
It would also cut the time people have to sign up after the register starts, from six months to three months, with a shorter deadline if election writs are issued.
- Allows the department head to keep publishing information about people after they leave the register.
- Lets the department head correct or update information that has been made public.
- Shortens the registration grace period from six months to three months after the register starts.
- Adds a rule that if election writs are issued during that three-month period, registration must happen within 14 days of the writs.
People who work for foreign governments, related entities, political organisations, or individuals, and who must register under the scheme.
Sources
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