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Unexplained Wealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

2016-2017-2018

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

As passed by both Houses

 

 

 

 

Unexplained Wealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

 

No.      , 2018

 

 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act relating to the national cooperative scheme on unexplained wealth, and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

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

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

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

Schedule 1—State reference or adoption for the purposes of the national cooperative scheme on unexplained wealth                                                                                   3

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002                                                                                       3

Schedule 2—Extending the main unexplained wealth provisions to certain offences against the laws of participating States                                                                                 30

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002                                                                                     30

Schedule 3—Extending the main unexplained wealth provisions to offences against the laws of self-governing Territories                                                                   32

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002                                                                                     32

Schedule 4—Information gathering under the national cooperative scheme on unexplained wealth    34

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002                                                                                     34

Schedule 5—Sharing proceeds under the national cooperative scheme on unexplained wealth                48

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002                                                                                     48

Schedule 6—Sharing information under the national cooperative scheme on unexplained wealth         55

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979                                  55

Schedule 7—Review of the national cooperative scheme on unexplained wealth               58

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002                                                                                     58

Schedule 8—Unexplained wealth legislation of a State or Territory     59

Proceeds of Crime Regulations 2002                                                                     59



A Bill for an Act relating to the national cooperative scheme on unexplained wealth, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Unexplained Wealth Legislation Amendment Act 2018 .

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 this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedules 1 to 8

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.

 

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.