Bills Digest No. 37 2004-05
Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored
Communications) Bill 2004 This is a new edition of
a Bills Digest previously prepared for the 40th
Parliament
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CONTENTS
Passage History
Purpose
Background
Endnotes
Contact Officer & Copyright Details
Passage History
Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored
Communications) Bill 2004
Date Introduced: 17 November 2004
House: Senate
Portfolio: Attorney-General
Commencement: The day after Royal Assent
To exclude stored communications
(including electronic messages located on a computer, internet
server or other equipment, and whether read or unread) from the
controls on interception of communications in the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 for a period of
12 months while a review of the regime for accessing such
communications is conducted.
The Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment
(Stored Communications) Bill 2004 was originally introduced on
27 May 2004. This Bill lapsed when the 40th Parliament
was prorogued for the October 2004 general election. The Bill has
now been re-introduced in identical form.
For discussion of the issues raised by this Bill, see the digest
for the May
2004 Bill.(1) See also the
report(2) on the May 2004 Bill by the Senate Legal
and Constitutional Committee.
- http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/bd/2003-04/04bd153.pdf.
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http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-04/ti_stored_data/report/report.pdf
Peter Prince
22 November 2004
Bills Digest Service
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