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Counter-Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

2022-2023

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Counter-Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

 

No.      , 2023

 

(Attorney-General)

 

 

 

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

   

   



Contents

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

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

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

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Crimes Act 1914                                             3

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                            3

Schedule 2—Amendment of the Criminal Code Act 1995 etc.                   7

Part 1—Counter-terrorism amendments                                                              7

Division 1—Main amendments                                                                                  7

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                              7

Division 2—Consequential amendments                                                               26

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977                                         26

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979                                     26

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                          26

Part 2—Unauthorised disclosure of information by current and former Commonwealth officers etc.—sunsetting extension                                                                      28

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                            28

 

 



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

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Counter - Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment 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.  The whole of this Act

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.