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• Crimes Legislation Enhancement Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: provide for the taking of both photographs and fingerprints of a convicted person; clarify consequences of refusal to take part in an identification parade; extend the class of indictable offences that may be dealt with summarily; enable DNA profile matching for unknown deceased persons; extend the provisions relating to ministerial arrangements for sharing DNA information; and make technical corrections to sentencing and parole provisions;

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to remove a repealed reference;

  Australian Protective Service Act 1987

  and

  Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991

  to assist deployment of air security officers on Australian international flights;

  Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001

  to remove a redundant reference;

  Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to allow information to be passed to the Australian Crime Commission;

  Crimes at Sea Act 2000

  to clarify that the application of Northern Territory criminal law in adjacent territorial sea areas does not include Commonwealth criminal law in force in the Territory;

  Criminology Research Act 1971

  to include a representative of the Australian Capital Territory on the Criminology Research Council and make consequential amendments;

  Foreign Evidence Act 1994

  to remove the requirement for foreign material to bear an official or public seal;

  International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

  to augment the assistance given to international war crimes tribunals, including allowing the use of video links;

  Mutual Assistance in Business Regulation Act 1992

  to remove restrictions on the Attorney-General’s delegation powers;

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to clarify the Official Trustee’s power to sell restrained property;

  Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

  to allow parole board warrants to be executed interstate; and

  Australian Crime Commission Establishment Act 2002

  ,

  Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989

  ,

  Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994

  and

  Retirement Savings Accounts (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997

  to correct misdescribed amendments. Also makes technical corrections to 11 Acts in relation to part numbering in the

  Crimes Act 1914

  and contains a saving provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (People Smuggling, Firearms Trafficking and Other Measures) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: insert new offences in relation to: the smuggling of persons from Australia to another country, or from a country other than Australia to a third country; false travel or identity documents; cross-border firearms trafficking; and amend the theft and fraud offence provisions;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to amend the sentencing provisions;

  Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990

  to include the substance “fantasy” as a psychotropic drug;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to ensure that remittance dealers are covered by the definition of “cash dealer”; and correct a cross-reference; and International

  Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997

  to clearly define the role of the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charter of the United Nations Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Charter of the United Nations Act 1945

  to: give holders of assets the same ability as owners of assets to apply to the Minister for permission (given by written notice) to deal with an asset that may be a freezable asset or to give an asset to proscribed persons in specific circumstances; and to ensure the Minister’s ability to issue such a notice on his own motion. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Offences Against Australians) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert new provisions to make it an offence to murder, commit manslaughter or intentionally or recklessly cause serious harm to an Australian citizen or resident where that conduct occurs outside of Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Volunteers Protection Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Oct 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Protects people who perform voluntary work for the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority from civil liability for acts or omissions by such volunteers, done in good faith when performing that work. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Oct 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to re-enact counter-terrorism offences as Commonwealth provisions capable of operating throughout Australia, without any constitutional limitations, by virtue of the reference of powers by the States; and

  Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002

  to add this proposed Act to the list of counter-terrorism legislation that is subject to a public and independent review mechanism. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to ensure that information contained on a national, State or Territory DNA database is able to be accessed and disclosed for the purposes of identifying an unidentified person who died as a result of the bombing in Bali on 12 October 2002 or for the purpose of conducting a criminal investigation in relation to that incident. Also provides for information to be available in relation to other deaths of Australian citizens overseas, where a disallowable ministerial determination to that effect is made. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Repayment of Directors' Bonuses) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to permit liquidators to reclaim unreasonable payments made to directors or close associates of directors by companies within 4 years of a liquidation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Aug 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: exempt certain goods from the Product Stewardship Oil levy; amend rates of customs duty for low alcohol beer; and make amendments consequential on the removal of indexation provisions for those goods subject to the Product Stewardship Oil levy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Communications Authority Act 1997

  to allow the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to incorporate other documents by reference when making a written definitions determination;

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to ensure that certain prohibited material is specifically exempt from disclosure under the Act;

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to enable, by disallowable instrument, the exemption of certain law enforcement and anti-corruption bodies from the operation of sections of the Act dealing with unlicensed transmissions, equipment standards and interference emissions; streamline licensing provisions and expand the objects clause;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to abolish the specially-constituted ACA; and in relation to the criteria for the issue of a facility installation permit; and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  in relation to: the National Relay Service; disallowance of a revocation or variation of a customer service guarantee; and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum