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senate vote 2022-03-30#13

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Title

  • Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 - Third Reading
  • Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

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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.