BILLS DIGEST NO. 41, 2010-11 16 November 2010 Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 Angus Martyn Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 New offences and increased penalties ............................................................................................... 2 Australian Federal Police (AFP) powers at major airports .................................................................. 3 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 5 Policy position of nonâgovernment parties/independents ................................................................ 5 Position of major interest groups ....................................................................................................... 5 Financial implications ......................................................................................................................... 5 Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Schedule 1 - Aviation Crimes - Amendments to the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 ........................ 6 Schedule 2 - Policing at Airports - Amendments to the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (AFPA Act) and Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 (COPAL ACT) ............................................................................................................................................. 8 ISSN 1328â8091 2 Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 Date introduced: 29 September 2010 House: Senate Portfolio: Home Affairs Commencement: Section 1 to 3 commence on the day of Royal Assent. The operative provisions - Schedules 1 and 2 - commence 28 days after Royal Assent. Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech can be found on the Bills home page, or through http://www.aph.gov.au/bills/. When bills have been passed they can be found at the ComLaw website, which is at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/. This Bill was originally introduced on 23 June 2010 but lapsed on the proroguing of Parliament in July 2010. It has been reâintroduced without changes. Purpose The Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (the Bill) amends various pieces of Commonwealth legislation to: ⢠Create new aviationârelated criminal offences ⢠Increase the penalties applying to certain existing aviationârelated criminal offences ⢠Increase Australian Federal Police investigatory and arrest powers for state and territoryâ based criminal offences occurring at major Australian airports
Date: 16/11/2010 - Collection: Bills and Legislation - ID: legislation/billsdgs/364545 - Source: Bills Digest Service - Author: MARTYN, Angus