Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 passes Senate. It has passed both houses of Parliament and upon receiving Royal Assent will become law

November 28, 2024 |

The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 passed the Senate at  9:13PM on Thursday 28 November 2024.  The final vote was 31 ayes and 23 noes.

With that the the substantive Bill passed both houses of Parliament. The relatively few amendments to the Bill, from recommendations of the Senate Committee Report, will be passed by the House in a special sitting this morning.

The Statutory tort will be enacted.  It will come into effect on a date fixed by proclamation.  If no such date is fixed it will commence 6 months after the Act receives Royal Assent.  Royal assent occurs when the Bill is signed by the Governor General.  The process is that a certificate is signed by the Attorney-General which is sent to the Governor-General. The Governor-General gives the Royal Assent to the Bill by signing 2 copies of the Bill.

Royal Assent will take place very soon.

The Attorney General may advise when the statutory tort will commence but if he doesn’t and there is no specific date fixed by proclamation then it is a fair assumption that the statutory tort will come into effect in early June 2025.

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