Bill
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2023-04-11. Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-11-10
- second reading — 2022-11-10
- second reading — 2022-11-28
- second reading — 2022-11-28
- third reading — 2022-11-28
- introduced — 2022-11-28
- second reading — 2022-11-28
- second reading — 2023-03-23
- second reading — 2023-03-23
- third reading — 2023-03-23
- passed — 2023-03-23
- royal assent — 2023-04-11
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 2022-11-10.
The bill would change how telecommunications companies share customer information with emergency services and law enforcement.
It would allow the disclosure of unlisted phone numbers and associated details from the Integrated Public Number Database to emergency call persons without consent in certain situations.
The bill would also remove the word 'imminent' from the existing exception for disclosing information to prevent a serious threat to life or health.
- Repeals existing provisions that allowed use and disclosure of information from the Integrated Public Number Database for emergency calls.
- Inserts a new exception to authorise use and disclosure of unlisted numbers and personal details to emergency call persons when it is unreasonable to obtain consent.
- Adds a condition that the person disclosing information must believe it is unreasonable or impracticable to obtain consent.
- Removes the 'imminent' qualifier from the exception for disclosing information to prevent a serious threat to life or health.
Telecommunications companies, law enforcement agencies, emergency service organisations, and users of telecommunications services.
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