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

Type
Government
Originating house
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.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 10/10/12  
Second reading moved 10/10/12  
Referred to Federation Chamber 30/10/12  
Second reading debate 30/10/12  
Second reading agreed to 30/10/12  
Reported from Federation Chamber 30/10/12  
Third reading agreed to 30/10/12  
     
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 31/10/12  
Second reading moved 31/10/12  
Second reading debate 21/11/12  
Second reading agreed to 21/11/12  
Third reading agreed to 21/11/12  
     
Text of bill as passed both Houses 21/11/12  
Assent 28/11/12 Act no.: 167 - Year: 2012
     

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Text of bill

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  • As passed by both Houses

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Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum

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Second reading speeches


Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

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Notes
  • Referred to Committee (11/10/2012): Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (19/11/2012)
  • Referred to Committee (11/10/2012): House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs; Statement made discharging the committee's requirement to provide a report (29/10/2012)
  • An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)