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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE AMENDMENT BILL 2018

                              2016-2017-2018




   THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                                  SENATE




AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE AMENDMENT
                        BILL 2018




         SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM




             Amendment be Moved on Behalf of the Government




  (Circulated by authority of the Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP)
      AMENDMENTS TO THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND
                 WELFARE AMENDMENT BILL 2018

OUTLINE

The proposed government amendment will change the proposed commencement date of the
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Amendment Bill 2018 (the Bill) from
1 July 2018 to a date fixed by Proclamation. If the provisions do not commence within the
period of six months beginning on the day the Act receives Royal Assent, the Act would
commence the day after the end of that period.

Financial Impact Statement

There is no financial impact from the proposed amendment.

Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights

The Bill is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in the
international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny)
Act 2011.

Personal information is collected by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (the
Institute) for statistical purposes to support the development of an evidence base across the
health, welfare and housing sectors. This is part of the Institute's core functions and includes
the collection of health-related information and statistics and welfare-related information and
statistics.

There are appropriate safeguards in place to support these activities including strict legislative
obligations and confidentiality provisions. These measures ensure that there is no arbitrary or
unlawful interference with an individual's privacy, which is consistent with Article 17 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

NOTES ON CLAUSES

Clause 2 - Commencement

This clause will amend the commencement date for the Bill from 1 July 2018 to a single date
to be fixed by Proclamation. If no proclamation is made, the provisions will commence six
months after the Act receives Royal Assent.

The intent of this change is to remove 1 July 2018 as the start date for the Bill and provide for
commencement within a reasonable timeframe.




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