Second Reading Speeches

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.

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