Attorney-General Philip Ruddock has announced that the Government will propose amendments to the Royal Commissions Act 1902 in response to a request on May 19 by the Hon Terence Cole AO RFD QC, who is conducting the Oil for Food Inquiry.
Judge Young identified limitations in the Act in his recent judgment.
"The amendments will assist Commissioner Cole, and any other Commission of Inquiry under the Royal Commissions Act, to deal effectively with privilege claims," Mr Ruddock said.
The Government will introduce the amendments as soon as possible with the intention that the amendments will have immediate effect in assisting Mr Cole with his Inquiry.
UPDATE 31 May: the Amendment Bill has been passed by the House of Representatives
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