Bill
Commonwealth Places and Services (Facial Recognition) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Cory Bernardi
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-09-11
- second reading — 2018-09-11
- other — 2019-07-01
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 2018-09-11.
The bill would ban face coverings in certain Commonwealth areas and territories, including public spaces in the ACT and NT.
It would create exceptions for situations where covering the face is legally allowed under set conditions.
The law would start the day after it receives royal assent.
- The bill prohibits face coverings in public places in the ACT and NT.
- It bans face coverings when people collect Commonwealth social services.
- It bans face coverings at citizenship ceremonies.
- It sets out defences for lawful face coverings in prescribed situations.
People in Commonwealth places and territories, especially those in the ACT and NT, recipients of Commonwealth social services, and participants in citizenship ceremonies.
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