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Crimes Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2012

Type
Government
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Before Senate
Portfolio
Justice

Summary

Amends the: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to respond to recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement report Inquiry into Commonwealth unexplained wealth legislation and arrangements by: ensuring that evidence relevant to unexplained wealth proceedings can be seized under a search warrant; allowing the time limit for serving notice of a preliminary unexplained wealth order to be extended by a court in certain circumstances; harmonising provisions relating to the payment of legal expenses for unexplained wealth cases; allowing charges to be created over restrained property to secure payment of an unexplained wealth order; removing a court’s discretion to make unexplained wealth restraining orders, preliminary unexplained wealth orders and unexplained wealth orders once relevant criteria are satisfied; and expanding the parliamentary joint committee’s oversight of unexplained wealth investigations and litigation; and Criminal Code Act 1995 to: provide that cross-border firearms trafficking offences cover firearm parts; introduce aggravated offences for dealing in 50 or more firearms and firearm parts; increase the penalties for illegal importation or exportation of larger numbers of firearms; and introduce aggravated offences for importing or exporting 50 or more firearms or firearm parts during a six month period.

Progress of bill

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House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 28/11/12  
Second reading moved 28/11/12  
Second reading debate 05/02/13  
Second reading agreed to 05/02/13  
Third reading agreed to 05/02/13  
     
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 06/02/13  
Second reading moved 06/02/13  
     

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Text of bill

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Explanatory memoranda

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Second reading speeches


Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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Notes
  • Referred to Committee (29/11/2012): Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislaiton Committee; Committee report (13/03/2013)
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