Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious Drugs, Identity Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2012

Type
Government
Portfolio
Attorney-General
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the: Criminal Code Act 1995 to: transfer the lists of illicit substances from the Criminal Code to the regulations; establish conditions and criteria for listing controlled and border controlled substances in regulations; extend the listing period and refine the criteria to be satisfied before an emergency determination can be made; expand the offence of dealing in identification to include foreign indictable offences; and create an offence in relation to using a carriage service in order to obtain and/or deal with identification information; Crimes Act 1914 and Criminal Code Act 1995 to create criminal offences in relation to the use of false identities for the purposes of air travel; Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 to: clarify the functions of the Integrity Commissioner in relation to detection and prevention of corruption; widen the commissioner’s scope to consider an Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity corruption issue; and enable the commissioner to delegate the power to conduct public inquiries to an assistant commissioner; Crimes Act 1914 to increase the value of a penalty unit to accommodate increases in the Consumer Price Index and provide for a three-yearly review of the penalty unit; Australian Federal Police Act 1979 and Crimes (Superannuation Benefits) Act 1989 to clarify that a superannuation order in respect of a person who has committed a corruption offence can be made in relation to employer benefits accrued during all periods of Commonwealth employment; and Customs Act 1901 to make consequential amendments.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 10 Oct 2012
Second reading moved 10 Oct 2012
Referred to Federation Chamber 30 Oct 2012
Second reading debate 30 Oct 2012
Second reading agreed to 30 Oct 2012
Reported from Federation Chamber 30 Oct 2012
Third reading agreed to 30 Oct 2012
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 31 Oct 2012
Second reading moved 31 Oct 2012
Second reading debate 21 Nov 2012
Second reading agreed to 21 Nov 2012
Third reading agreed to 21 Nov 2012
Text of bill as passed both Houses 21 Nov 2012
Assent
  • Act no.: 167
  • Year: 2012
28 Nov 2012

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Explanatory memoranda

Proposed amendments

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Text of bill

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  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

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  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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