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  • Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Serious Drug Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2005

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    Date
    26 May 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to: insert new serious drug offences; and give effect to an obligation under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Right of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict by inserting new offences for the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict;
    Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
    in relation to property restraining and forfeiture orders over a bankrupt’s property;
    Australian Federal Police Act 1979
    to: clarify the functions of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in relation to assistance to and cooperations with Australian and foreign law enforcement, intelligence, security and government regulatory agencies, and peacekeeping activities in other countries; and enable the AFP to disclose a person’s personal information with that person’s consent;
    Mutual Assistance in Business Regulation Act 1992
    in relation to requests from foreign regulators for information, documents or evidence;
    Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
    in relation to identification references for certain account signatories;
    Customs Act 1901
    to make a technical amendment in relation to a power to detain people on bail who attempt to leave Australia in breach of bail conditions;
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    to: exempt certain AUSTRAC documents from the operation of the Act; and make minor technical corrections. Also makes consequential amendments in relation to serious drug offences to 5 Acts; and repeals the
    Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1950
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Video Link Evidence and Other Measures) Bill 2005

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    Date
    14 Sep 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Crimes Act 1914
    to: facilitate the use of video link evidence from overseas witnesses in proceedings for terrorism and other related offences and proceeds of crime proceedings relating to those offences; clarify a constitutional issue regarding the conferral of non-judicial functions and powers on Judges of the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates; facilitate inter-jurisdictional matching of DNA profiles through a national database; and expand the definition of “tape recording”;
    Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
    to rectify an unintended omission;
    Foreign Evidence Act 1994
    to facilitate the use of foreign material, such as video tapes and transcripts of examinations, as evidence in terrorism and related proceedings when video link evidence is not possible; and provide a discretion to prevent foreign material being adduced;
    Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
    to: enable payments out of the Confiscated Assets Account to third parties who carry out examinations for the Commonwealth; and rectify the unintended consequence of a regulation change that inadvertently affected the legal status of some examiners; and
    Surveillance Devices Act 2004
    to enable the issue of a warrant to retrieve a tracking device installed under an authorisation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 1999

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    Date
    03 Dec 1998 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

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    Date
    24 Mar 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends 22 Acts to: correct minor drafting errors; clarify the operation of certain provisions; update references to organisations and other Acts; and update provisions to reflect current practices. Also contains application provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Law Enforcement (AFP Professional Standards and Related Measures) Bill 2006

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    Date
    29 Mar 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Australian Federal Police Act 1979
    to: provide for a new complaints and professional standards regime within the Australian Federal Police (AFP) which will categorise all matters raised in relation to AFP professional standards according to their nature and seriousness; provide for alcohol screening tests of on duty officers; and to make amendments relating to suspension or resignation from, and termination of, employment; and
    Ombudsman Act 1976
    to align the Ombudsman’s administrative review role over the AFP more closely with the role it has in relation to other Australian Government agencies, although the Ombudsman will retain the capacity to intervene in serious cases and will have a review role in relation to the new complaints and professional standards regime. Also repeals the
    Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981
    and makes consequential amendments to the
    Australian Federal Police Act 1979
    and 7 other Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Law Enforcement Committee Bill 1999

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    Date
    30 Aug 1999 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Removed from Notice Paper 3/4/00 

    Bill

  • Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006

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    Date
    29 Mar 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006, the bill makes amendments consequential on the establishment of the Office of the Integrity Commissioner and the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) to 17 Acts to: provide ACLEI investigators with access to special investigative powers, including the capacity to use telecommunications interception, surveillance devices, controlled deliveries and assumed identities; and provide the Integrity Commissioner and the ACLEI with access to certain confidential information; and amends the
    Ombudsman Act 1976
    to clarify the relationship between the functions of the Ombudsman and the Integrity Commissioner. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006

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    Date
    29 Mar 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006, the bill: establishes the Office of the Integrity Commissioner and the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, an independent body with the powers of a Royal Commission, to investigate, prosecute and prevent corruption in Commonwealth law enforcement agencies; and provides for a review of the operation of the legislation after 3 years. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Law Enforcement Integrity Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

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    Date
    19 Sep 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs and Justice 
    Summary
    Amends: the
    Crimes Act 1914
    to introduce targeted integrity testing for staff of the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Customs and Border Protection); the
    Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
    to extend the jurisdiction of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity to all staff of the Australian Transaction Reporting and Analysis Centre and the CrimTrac Agency and prescribed staff of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; the
    Customs Administration Act 1985
    to enable the Chief Executive Officer of Customs and Border Protection to make orders and certain declarations and to authorise drug and alcohol testing; and
    Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
    ,
    Surveillance Devices Act 2004
    and
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Powers) Bill 2015

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    Date
    26 Mar 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
    and
    Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006
    to: clarify the powers of Australian Crime Commission examiners to conduct examinations, and the Integrity Commissioner, supported by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, to conduct hearings; and authorise the use of derivative material obtained from an examination or hearing, and specify the circumstances in which examination, hearing and derivative material may be provided to a prosecutor. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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