16th Jun 2021, 10:58 AM – Senate Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Renewal of ASIC and MSIC

The majority voted against amendments (3) and (7) on sheet 1022, introduced by NSW Senator Kristina Keneally (Labor), which means they failed.

Amendment text

(3) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 17), after item 4, insert:

4A Before Division 5 of Part 3

Insert:

Division 4B — Renewal of security passes

38AD Renewal of security passes for access to certain areas and zones

(1) If the regulations provide for a process to issue a security pass (an ASIC ) to a person for the purposes of accessing certain areas and zones (whether the security pass is known as an aviation security identification card or otherwise), the regulations must comply with the requirements in subsections (2) and (3).

(2) The regulations must provide that a person who has been issued an ASIC may apply for the renewal of the person’s ASIC before it expires.

(3) The regulations, in providing for the renewal of an ASIC, must provide:

(a) that a decision to renew or refuse to renew an ASIC must be made within 60 days of the decision maker receiving the application for renewal; and

(b) that if the decision maker does not make a decision to renew or refuse to renew within 60 days of receiving the application, then the decision maker is taken to have renewed the ASIC at the end of that period.

(7) Schedule 1, page 7 (after line 12), after item 17, insert:

17A At the end of Part 6

Add:

Division 7 — Renewal of security passes

113H Renewal of security passes for access to certain zones

(1) If the regulations provide for a process to issue a security pass (an MSIC ) to a person for the purposes of accessing certain areas and zones (whether the security pass is known as a maritime security identification card or otherwise), the regulations must comply with the requirements in subsections (2) and (3).

(2) The regulations must provide that a person who has been issued an MSIC may apply for the renewal of the person’s MSIC before it expires.

(3) The regulations, in providing for the renewal of an MSIC, must provide:

(a) that a decision to renew or refuse to renew a MSIC must be made within 60 days of the decision maker receiving the application for renewal; and

(b) that if the decision maker does not make a decision to renew or refuse to renew within 60 days of receiving the application, then the decision maker is taken to have renewed the MSIC at the end of that period.