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

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    Date
    10 Oct 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    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. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012

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    Date
    27 Jun 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Act 1901
    to create criminal offences for the smuggling of tobacco products and for the conveyance and possession of smuggled tobacco products. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Crimes Legislation Amendment (Slavery, Slavery-like Conditions and People Trafficking) Bill 2012

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    Date
    30 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to: insert offences of forced labour, forced marriage, organ trafficking and harbouring a victim; ensure the slavery offence applies to conduct which renders a person a slave, as well as conduct involving a person who is already a slave; extend the application of existing offences of deceptive recruiting and sexual servitude to non-sexual servitude and all forms of deceptive recruiting; increase penalties for debt bondage offences; broaden the definition of exploitation to include all slavery-like practices; and amend existing definitions to provide that the broadest range of exploitative conduct is criminalised;
    Crimes Act 1914
    to increase the availability of reparation orders to individual victims of Commonwealth offences; and
    Crimes Act 1914
    ,
    Migration Act 1958
    ,
    Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
    and
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Complaints) Bill 2012

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    Date
    14 Mar 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Bill 2012, the bill amends the:
    Family Law Act 1975
    ,
    Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
    and
    Federal Magistrates Act 1999
    to establish a framework to enable the Chief Justices of the Federal Court and the Family Court and the Chief Federal Magistrate to manage complaints that are referred to them; and
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    to exclude documents created through the complaints handling scheme from the operation of the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

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    Date
    22 Jun 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Facilitates Australia’s accession to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime by amending the:
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    and
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to require carriers and carriage service providers to preserve stored communications when requested by certain domestic agencies or when requested by the Australian Federal Police on behalf of certain foreign countries;
    Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987
    and
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to: ensure that a foreign country can secure access to stored computer data, including preserved data; and allow a stored communication warrant to be obtained for foreign law enforcement purposes;
    Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987
    ,
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    and
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to: enable existing telecommunications data to be provided to a foreign law enforcement agency on a police to police basis; and enable the collection of prospective telecommunications data for foreign law enforcement purposes in certain circumstances;
    Telecommunications Act 1997
    to provide that carriers and carriage service providers can recover costs incurred when assisting foreign law enforcement agencies;
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to provide that computer offences are consistent with the convention; and
    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
    to: create confidentiality requirements in relation to authorisations to disclose telecommunications data; and expand offence provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011

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    Date
    09 Feb 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
    to: extend the regulatory regime for remittance dealers and providers of remittance networks; and expand the agencies with which Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) can share financial intelligence;
    Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
    and
    Privacy Act 1988
    to enable reporting entities to use credit reporting data to verify the identity of their customers; and
    Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
    to enable the Chief Executive Officer of AUSTRAC to exempt a person from provisions of the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010

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    Date
    27 Oct 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to enable Australia to ratify the
    Convention on Cluster Munitions
    by: creating offences and penalties in relation to cluster munitions and explosive bomblets; providing for defences for certain circumstances; and providing for certain authorisations to be made. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2011

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    Date
    30 Sep 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    The bill: requires civil litigants to file a genuine steps statement before legal proceedings are instituted in the Federal Court or the Federal Magistrates Court; sets out the powers of court in relation to the genuine steps requirements and awarding costs; and provides that certain categories of legal proceedings are excluded proceedings. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010

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    Date
    16 Jun 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    The bill: requires civil litigants to file a genuine steps statement before legal proceedings are instituted in the Federal Court or the Federal Magistrates Court; sets out the powers of court in relation to the genuine steps requirements and awarding costs; and provides that certain categories of legal proceedings are excluded proceedings. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2010

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    Date
    19 Nov 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to replace the existing offence of torture in the
    Crimes (Torture) Act 1988
    with a new offence of torture in the Criminal Code to fulfil Australia’s obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; and
    Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973
    to provide that the death penalty cannot be reintroduced anywhere in Australia. Also repeals the
    Crimes (Torture) Act 1988
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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