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AusCheck Amendment Act 2009
No. 123, 2009
An Act to amend the AusCheck Act 2007, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments AusCheck Act 2007
AusCheck Amendment Act 2009 No. 123, 2009
An Act to amend the AusCheck Act 2007, and for related purposes
[Assented to 7 December 2009]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title This Act may be cited as the AusCheck Amendment Act 2009.
2 Commencement This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
AusCheck Act 2007
1 Subsection 4(1) Insert: identity verification information, in relation to an individual, means personal information consisting of the individual's fingerprints or other biometric data about the individual, but does not include a photograph of the individual.
2 Subsection 4(1) Insert: national security background check, in relation to an individual, means a background check conducted in relation to the individual under an Act or legislative instrument referred to in subparagraph 8(1)(b)(i) or (ii) for a purpose referred to in paragraph 8(2)(a), (b), (c), or (d).
3 Subsection 4(2) (paragraph (b) of the definition of personal information) Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (b) any other identifier assigned to the individual; (c) a photograph of the individual.
4 Paragraph 5(b) After "security assessment", insert "(as defined in subsection 35(1) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979)".
5 Paragraph 5(d) Omit "verification checks of documents relating to".
6 Section 8 Repeal the section, substitute:
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