Bill
Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-12-02. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-12-10
- second reading — 2020-12-10
- second reading — 2021-10-20
- second reading — 2021-10-20
- committee — 2021-10-20
- third reading — 2021-10-20
- introduced — 2021-10-21
- second reading — 2021-10-21
- second reading — 2021-11-22
- second reading — 2021-11-22
- third reading — 2021-11-22
- passed — 2021-11-22
- royal assent — 2021-12-02
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-12-10.
The bill would create new rules for owners and operators of critical infrastructure to report cyber incidents and allow the government to help them during serious attacks.
It would expand the existing Security of Critical Infrastructure Act to cover more sectors, including communications, financial services, and health care.
Mandatory reporting of serious cyber incidents to the Australian Signals Directorate would only apply once a rule is made for a particular asset or class of assets.
- Introduces mandatory cyber incident reporting for critical infrastructure assets.
- Establishes a government assistance regime to respond to significant cyber attacks.
- Expands regulatory coverage to additional sectors such as food and grocery, space technology, and defence industry.
Owners and operators of critical infrastructure assets across all sectors, regardless of ownership arrangements.
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