2022-2023

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2023

 

No.      , 2023

 

(Attorney-General)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to the criminal law and law enforcement, and for related purposes

   

   

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006      4

Part 1—Failure to enrol                                                                                                4

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006               4

Part 2—Dealing with AUSTRAC information                                                 6

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006               6

Part 3—Computer-assisted decision making                                                     7

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006               7

Schedule 2—Australian Crime Commission Act 2002                                  10

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002                                                                 10

Schedule 3—Crimes Act 1914                                                                                       11

Part 1—Amendments relating to the definition of judicial officer       11

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                          11

Part 2—Minor and technical amendments                                                        12

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                          12

Schedule 4—Criminology Research Act 1971                                                    14

Criminology Research Act 1971                                                                              14

Schedule 5—Obtaining foreign materials                                                             16

Foreign Evidence Act 1994                                                                                       16

Schedule 6—Refusal of consent to international transfer of prisoners 17

International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997                                                        17

Schedule 7—Grounds to refuse mutual assistance requests                      21

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987                                                 21

Schedule 8—Public interest monitors                                                                      22

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979                                   22

Schedule 9—Witness protection                                                                                  23

Part 1—Past program participants                                                                         23

Witness Protection Act 1994                                                                                     23

Part 2—Suspension of protection and assistance                                           24

Witness Protection Act 1994                                                                                     24

Part 3—Minor and technical amendments                                                        28

Witness Protection Act 1994                                                                                     28

Schedule 10—Amendments relating to the South Australian Independent Commission Against Corruption                                                                                                   29

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                          29

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                            29

Privacy Act 1988                                                                                                         30

Surveillance Devices Act 2004                                                                                 30

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979                                   31

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to the criminal law and law enforcement, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Act 2023 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table	The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2.  Schedule 1, Part 1	The 28th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3.  Schedule 1, Parts 2 and 3	The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
4.  Schedules 2 and 3	The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
5.  Schedule 4	The 28th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
6.  Schedules 5 to 8	The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
7.  Schedule 9	A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if the provisions do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period.
8.  Schedule 10	The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.