George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I move government amendment (4):

(4) Schedule 1, item 25, page 10 (after line 16), after subsection 48A(6), insert:

  (6A) Before the end of the following periods, the Minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 must consider whether to revoke a certificate under subsection (4) (if the certificate remains in force):

  (a) 12 months after it was issued;

  (b) 12 months after that Minister last considered whether to revoke it.

Government amendment (4) implements recommendation 28 of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security by requiring that a certificate issued by the minister responsible for the Australian Federal Police Act under section 48A(4) of the Passports Act be reviewed within 12 months of the issuing of that certificate and then every 12 months after it has last been reviewed.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: The question is that government amendment (4) be agreed to.

Question agreed to.

I move government amendment (5):

(5) Schedule 1, item 26, page 10 (lines 25 to 27), omit the item, substitute:

26 After subsection 51(1)

  Insert:

  (1A) The Minister may, in writing, delegate to the Secretary of the Department the Minister's power under subsection 22A(1).

Government amendment (5) implements recommendation 27 of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security by providing that the Minister for Foreign Affairs can only delegate the power to suspend a person's Australian travel documents to the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade rather than delegate that power more broadly, as had been initially provided for in the bill.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: The question is that government amendment (5) be agreed to.

Question agreed to.