House of Representatives

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police Powers at Airports) Bill 2019

Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon Peter Dutton MP)

ToonenaAustralia , CCPR/C/50/D/488/1992, UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), 4 April 1994.

Constable means a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police or a member of the police force or police service of a State or Territory (subsection 3(1) of the Crimes Act). Protective service officer means a special member of the Australian Federal Police (sections 4 and 40EA of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ).

Constable means a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police or a member of the police force or police service of a State or Territory (subsection 3(1) of the Crimes Act). Protective service officer means a special member of the Australian Federal Police (sections 4 and 40EA of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ).

Manfred Nowak, UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: CCPR Commentary (1st ed, 1993), p.212.

UNHRC, General Comment No. 16: Article 17 (Right to privacy), (32nd session, 1998) at [7].


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