Bill
Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-12-14. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-09-13
- second reading — 2023-09-13
- second reading — 2023-10-17
- other — 2023-10-17
- second reading — 2023-10-18
- other — 2023-10-18
- second reading — 2023-10-18
- third reading — 2023-10-18
- introduced — 2023-10-19
- second reading — 2023-10-19
- second reading — 2023-12-06
- second reading — 2023-12-06
- third reading — 2023-12-06
- other — 2023-12-07
- passed — 2023-12-07
- royal assent — 2023-12-14
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 2023-09-13.
This bill is part of a package that would create a legislative framework for national identity verification services used by government and industry to check personal information against official records.
The bill would amend the Australian Passports Act 2005 to give the Minister clear legal authority to disclose personal information for the Document Verification Service, the Face Verification Service, or other services specified by determination.
It would also allow automated disclosures of personal information through the Document Verification Service or the Face Verification Service for Australian travel documents.
- Amends the Australian Passports Act 2005 to authorise the Minister to disclose personal information for identity verification services.
- Permits automated disclosures of personal information via the Document Verification Service or the Face Verification Service.
- Comprehensively authorises the operation of the Document Verification Service and Face Verification Service for Australian travel documents regulated by the Australian Passports Act.
The Minister and entities using identity verification services for Australian travel documents.
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