2012 - Removal of face coverings for identification Issues paper (also available in Arabic)

ISBN 978-1-921884-85-6
Category Reports
Publication Date 22 December 2012

Summary

One of our roles is to look at new laws that give police new powers. Right now, we are looking at a new law that gives police the power to require a person to remove a face covering (such as a veil, niqab, helmet or mask) when confirming the person’s identity. One example is when the police ask a car to pull over and ask for the driver’s licence. It is an offence to disobey this requirement.

Download a fact sheet summarising our review in English, Arabic, Bengali, Dari, Dinka, Indonesian, Somali or Urdu through this link.

Download our issues paper, which discusses topics of interest, using the link below.

We refer to a table in footnote 11 of the issues paper. Download the table below.

Download our issues paper in Arabic (not including Annexures) using the link below.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED 20 FEBRUARY 2013. We will report our findings to the Attorney General and Minister for Police later in 2013.

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