Chapter 1 - Covid-19 Legislation [2020] AUPJCHR 104 (1 July 2020)

• Chapter 11
• COVID-19 legislation

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Chapter 1^[1]

COVID-19 legislation

1.1 This chapter provides an assessment of the human rights compatibility of legislation made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically:

• bills introduced into the Parliament between 10 to 18 June 2020;

• legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 6 to 24 June 2020; and

• one bill and two legislative instruments previously reported on.

1.2 Appendix 1 lists all new legislation considered in this chapter, including legislation on which the committee makes no comment, on the basis that the legislation does not engage, or only marginally engages, human rights; promotes human rights; and/or permissibly limits human rights.

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[1] This section can be cited as Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, COVID-19 legislation, Report 8 of 2020; [2020] AUPJCHR 104.