Division Description Changes — Bills — Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022; Third Reading — 30th Mar 2022

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senate vote 2022-03-30#13 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-04-05 14:05:44	Title ~~Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 - Third Reading~~ Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill Description
senate vote 2022-03-30#13 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-04-05 14:05:28	Title Bills — Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022; Third Reading Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 - Third Reading Description ~~<p class="speaker">Slade Brockman</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is now that t the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.</p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2022-03-30.229.1) to [pass the bill](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) in the Senate. The bill will now be sent back to the House of Representatives where our MPs will consider whether they agree with Senate amendments. ### What does the bill do? According to the [bill homepage](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6833), the purpose of the bill is to: *** provide that specified critical infrastructure assets must adopt and maintain a critical infrastructure risk management program;** * provide for annual reporting obligations for assets that are exempt from the risk management program obligation; *** make minor amendments in relation to consultation requirements and immunities; * provide for additional cyber security obligations that may be applied in relation to systems of national significance;** * provide that directions facilitating government assistance to industry in the event of a serious cyber security incident prevail over the requirements of a risk management program; *** amend provisions that authorise the use and disclosure of protected information; * provide that the minister's power to privately declare an asset as a critical infrastructure asset includes a power to require compliance with a risk management program; and * enable the minister to declare a critical infrastructure asset to be a system of national of significance; and include additional reporting requirements. See the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2122a/22bd055) for more detailed information.**

~~Slade Brockman~~
~~The question is now that t the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.~~
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The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2022-03-30.229.1) to [pass the bill](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) in the Senate. The bill will now be sent back to the House of Representatives where our MPs will consider whether they agree with Senate amendments.
### What does the bill do?
According to the [bill homepage](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6833), the purpose of the bill is to:
* *provide that specified critical infrastructure assets must adopt and maintain a critical infrastructure risk management program;*
* *provide for annual reporting obligations for assets that are exempt from the risk management program obligation;*
* *make minor amendments in relation to consultation requirements and immunities;*
* *provide for additional cyber security obligations that may be applied in relation to systems of national significance;*
* *provide that directions facilitating government assistance to industry in the event of a serious cyber security incident prevail over the requirements of a risk management program;*
* *amend provisions that authorise the use and disclosure of protected information;*
* *provide that the minister's power to privately declare an asset as a critical infrastructure asset includes a power to require compliance with a risk management program; and*
* *enable the minister to declare a critical infrastructure asset to be a system of national of significance; and include additional reporting requirements.*
See the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2122a/22bd055) for more detailed information.