Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

Summary

Amends the: Crimes Act 1914 to: expand the existing presumption against bail and parole for persons charged or convicted of a terrorism offence to include persons being considered for bail for a further federal offence, persons the subject of a control order and persons who have demonstrated support for, or have links to, terrorist activity; and make it explicit that the best interests of a child must be considered as a primary consideration by the relevant decision maker at the key points in the criminal justice processes of bail, sentencing and parole; and Criminal Code Act 1995 to: expand eligibility for the continuing detention order (CDO) scheme by ensuring that terrorist offenders who are currently serving a period of imprisonment for a terrorism offence and another offence remain eligible for consideration for a CDO at the conclusion of their term of imprisonment; and amend the information disclosure obligations in relation to sensitive national security information in CDO applications.

Progress

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	01 Aug 2019
Second reading moved	01 Aug 2019
Second reading debate	04 Dec 2019
Second reading agreed to	04 Dec 2019
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 1 Government agreed to	04 Dec 2019
Third reading agreed to	04 Dec 2019

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	04 Dec 2019
Second reading moved	04 Dec 2019
Second reading debate	04 Dec 2019
Second reading agreed to	04 Dec 2019
Third reading agreed to	04 Dec 2019


Finally passed both Houses	04 Dec 2019
Assent Act no: 119 Year: 2019	11 Dec 2019

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Third reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Revised explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate

Government [sheet PJ101]

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (02/08/2019): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; Committee report (14/10/2019)
Considered by scrutiny committee (10/09/2019): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 4 of 2019
Considered by scrutiny committee (11/09/2019): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 7 of 2019
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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