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CRIMES LEGISLATION ENHANCEMENT ACT 2003 - SCHEDULE 2

Amendment of other Acts

 

Australian Crime Commission Establishment Act 2002

1AA   Section   2 (table item   5, column 2)

Omit " Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No.   1) 2002 ", substitute " Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No.   1) 2003 ".

Australian Federal Police Act 1979

1   Subsection 8(1)

Omit "Subject to subsection   (2C), the", substitute "The".

Australian Protective Service Act 1987

1A   Subsection 3(1) (at the end of the definition of police officer )

Add:

  ; or (c)   a member, however described, of a police force of a foreign country.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

1B   Paragraph 18(2)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission or a member of the staff of the ACC (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ); or

1C   Subparagraph 127(4)(aa)(i)

Repeal the subparagraph.

Corporations Act 2001

1D   Paragraph 794C(5)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission or a member of the staff of the ACC (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ); or

1E   Paragraph 823C(5)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission or a member of the staff of the ACC (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ); or

1F   Paragraph 823CA(4)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

  (b)   the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission or a member of the staff of the ACC (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ); or

Crimes at Sea Act 2000

2   Subsection 6A(1)

Omit "law in force in the Northern Territory ", substitute "law of the Northern Territory ".

3   Subsection 6A(7) (definition of criminal act )

Omit "law in force in the Northern Territory ", substitute "law of the Northern Territory ".

4   Application

The amendments of the Crimes at Sea Act 2000 made by this Schedule apply in relation to conduct engaged in after the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991

4A   Subsection 33(2)

After "must", insert ", unless subsection   (2A) applies,".

4B   After subsection 33(2)

Insert:

  (2A)   Where an authorised person causes a person to be taken into custody on board an aircraft that is engaged in a flight that ends in a foreign country, the authorised person must cause the person:

  (a)   to be delivered into the custody of a member, however described, of a police force of that foreign country; and

  (b)   to be held in custody until the person can be so delivered.

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No.   2) 1989

5   Paragraph 10(a)

Omit "a law", substitute "the law".

Note:   This corrects a misdescribed amendment of section   19B of the Crimes Act 1914 .

6   Paragraph 17(a)

Omit "the law", substitute "a law".

Note:   This corrects a misdescribed amendment of section   21B of the Crimes Act 1914 .

Criminology Research Act 1971

6A   Section   4 (after paragraph   (a) of the definition of the appropriate Minister )

Insert:

  (aa)   in relation to the Australian Capital Territory, such Minister of the Australian Capital Territory as is prescribed, and includes any Minister of the Australian Capital Territory for the time being acting for and on behalf of that Minister; and

6B   Paragraph 6(b)

Omit "and the Northern Territory ,", substitute "the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory ".

6C   Paragraph 6(hb)

Omit ", and of the Northern Territory ", substitute ", of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory ".

6D   Subsection 35(1)

Omit "8", substitute "9".

6E   After paragraph 35(1)(b)

Insert:

  (ba)   one is to represent the Australian Capital Territory ; and

6F   Subsection 35(3)

Omit "or the member who is to represent the Northern Territory ", substitute "or a member who is to represent the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory ".

6G   Subsection 35(3)

Omit "or of the Northern Territory ", substitute "or that Territory".

6H   Subsection 35(4)

After "Minister of a State,", insert "of the Australian Capital Territory ".

6J   Subsection 35(4)

Omit "the Northern Territory " (last occurring), substitute "that Territory".

6K   After paragraph 36(1)(b)

Insert:

  (ba)   in the case of the member appointed to represent the Australian Capital Territory--with the approval of the appropriate Minister of that Territory; or

6L   Subsection 36(2)

Before "the Northern Territory ", insert "the Australian Capital Territory or".

6M   After subsection 38(2)

Insert:

  (2A)   The member of the Council who is appointed to represent the Australian Capital Territory , or the deputy of that member, may resign his or her office by writing signed by the member or deputy, as the case may be, and delivered to the appropriate Minister of the Australian Capital Territory .

6N   Paragraphs 43(a) and (b)

Omit "and of the Northern Territory ", substitute ", of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory ".

Note:   The heading to section   43 is altered by omitting " and Northern Territory " and substituting " , Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory ".

6NA   Subsection 46(2)

Omit "(2)".

6P   Paragraph 46(b)

Omit "or the Northern Territory ", substitute ", the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory ".

Foreign Evidence Act 1994

7   Subsection 22(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

  (2)   The testimony must purport to be signed or certified by a judge, magistrate or officer in or of the foreign country to which the request was made.

International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

8   Section   4 (definition of possession )

Repeal the definition.

9   At the end of section   29

Add:

  (3)   If the Tribunal so requests, the Magistrate conducting a proceeding under section   27 or 28 (or both) may permit examination or cross - examination of a person giving evidence or producing a document or other article at the proceeding, by:

  (a)   the person to whom the proceeding before, or the investigation conducted by, the Tribunal relates; or

  (b)   that person's legal representative; or

  (c)   the Tribunal's legal representative;

through a video link.

  (4)   In this section:

"video link" means a video and sound system that enables persons assembled in the Tribunal's premises (or premises nominated by the Tribunal) to see, hear and talk to persons assembled in a place in another country.

12   Section   80

After "47A", insert ", 47C".

13   Application

The amendment made by item   12 applies in relation to the escape of a person after the commencement of this item, whether or not the person was in custody from before that commencement or was arrested before that commencement.

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No.   2) 1994

14   Item   7 of Schedule   1

After "'court'", insert "(wherever occurring)".

Note:   This corrects a misdescribed amendment of section   3ZN of the Crimes Act 1914 .

Mutual Assistance in Business Regulation Act 1992

15   Subsection 22(1)

Omit "to the Department or a Deputy Secretary", substitute "of the Department or an APS employee".

16   Subsections 22(2) and (3)

Repeal the subsections.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

16A   After section   267

Insert:

267A   Additional property to which the Official Trustee's powers and duties under Division   3 apply

  (1)   The powers conferred on the * Official Trustee under Division   3 may be exercised, and the duties imposed on the Official Trustee under Division   3 are to be performed, in relation to property that, under paragraph 278(2)(d), may be disposed of to pay, under Part   4 - 2, a * legal aid commission's costs.

  (2)   Without limiting the definition of controlled property in section   267, for the purposes of Division   3 this property is controlled property .

16B   At the end of subsection 278(2)

Add:

  ; or (d)   if, in the opinion of the Official Trustee, the disposal of the property or part of the property is necessary to pay, under Part   4 - 2, a * legal aid commission's costs.

16C   At the end of section   279

Add:

  (3)   However, the person may object to the disposal of the * controlled property for the reason set out in paragraph 278(2)(d) only if:

  (a)   the value of the controlled property exceeds the total amount of the money payable to the * legal aid commission in question; and

  (b)   the person and the * Official Trustee have failed to agree on which item or items of, or which portion of, the controlled property should be disposed of.

  (4)   An objection to which subsection   (3) applies must:

  (a)   relate only to which item or items of, or which portion of, the * controlled property should be disposed of; and

  (b)   specify the item or items of, or the portion of, the controlled property that the person does not object to the * Official Trustee disposing of.

16D   After subsection 280(4)

Insert:

  (4A)   The court must make an order to dispose of the * controlled property, or a specified item or items of or a specified portion of the property, if in the court's opinion the disposal is necessary to pay, under Part   4 - 2, a * legal aid commission's costs.

16E   Section   338 (at the end of the definition of controlled property )

Add:

Note:   Section   267A alters the meaning of this term for the purposes of Division   3 of Part   4 - 1.

Retirement Savings Accounts (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997

17   Item   4 of Schedule   19

After "'the account'", insert "(first occurring)".

Note:   This corrects a misdescribed amendment of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 .

Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

18   Subsection 3(1) (at the end of the definition of authority )

Add:

Note:   Section   81A alters the meaning of this term for the purposes of Part   5.

19   Subsection 3(1) (at the end of the definition of tribunal )

Add:

Note:   Section   81A alters the meaning of this term for the purposes of Part   5.

20   Subsection 3(1) (definition of warrant )

Before "means", insert "(except in the definition of authority in section   81A)".

21   Subsection 3(1) (at the end of the definition of warrant )

Add:

Note:   Section   81A alters the meaning of this term for the purposes of Part   5.

22   After section   81

Insert:

81A   Interpretation

    In this Part:

"authority" includes a body or person that:

  (a)   under a law of a State, may issue a warrant for the arrest and return to custody or detention of a person, following the revocation or cancellation of:

  (i)   a parole order; or

  (ii)   an order for conditional release; or

  (iii)   an order for home detention; or

  (iv)   an order for periodic detention; or

  (v)   any other order for the release of a person from custody; or

  (vi)   any other order of a kind prescribed by the regulations; and

  (b)   is prescribed by the regulations.

"tribunal" does not include a body or person of a kind referred to in the definition of authority in this section.

"warrant" includes a warrant issued by a body or person that is an authority for the purposes of this Part.




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