New and Continuing Matters [2021] AUPJCHR 27 (17 March 2021)

• Chapter 11
• New and continuing matters

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Chapter 1^[1]

New and continuing matters

1.1 In this chapter the committee has examined the following bills and legislative instruments for compatibility with human rights:

• bills introduced into the Parliament between 22 to 25 February 2021;

• legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 28 January 2021 to 18 February 2021;^[2] and

1.2 Bills and legislative instruments from this period that the committee has determined not to comment on are set out at the end of the chapter.

1.3 The committee comments on the following bills and seeks a response or further information from the relevant minister.

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[1] This section can be cited as Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, New and continuing matters, Report 3 of 2021; [2021] AUPJCHR 27.

[2] The committee examines all legislative instruments registered in the relevant period, as listed on the Federal Register of Legislation. To identify all of the legislative instruments scrutinised by the committee during this period, select 'legislative instruments' as the relevant type of legislation, select the event as 'assent/making', and input the relevant registration date range in the Federal Register of Legislation’s advanced search function, available at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/AdvancedSearch.