Access Card exposure draft bill released

The Minister for Human Services, the Hon Joe Hockey MP, has released an exposure draft of the Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 for the access card.

The exposure draft will enable public consultation and comment on the proposed legislation prior to it being introduced into Parliament in February 2007.

The Bill broadly addresses the following areas in relation to the access card, including:  

• Purpose and scope including function creep
• Information on the card and the register
• Ownership
• Protecting the card and the rights of cardholders.

Comments are to be submitted by 12 January 2007.

Overview

Exposure draft explanatory material