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• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill (No. 2) 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Proceeds of Crimes Act 2002

  in relation to criminal asset confiscation and money laundering;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: enable seized material to be used by, and shared between, Commonwealth, state and territory law enforcement agencies; allow law enforcement agencies to access and search electronic equipment; and preserve the right of a person accused of a federal offence in Victoria to appeal a finding that he or she is unfit to plead;

  Witness Protection Act 1994

  to: clarify the application of the Act to witnesses involved in state and territory matters; update the concept of identity; extend protection to former participants and related persons; and update and extend the scope of non-disclosure offences;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: introduce offences into the Criminal Code to target persons involved in serious and organised crime; and ensure that telecommunications interception warrants are available for the investigation of the new offences;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: extend the geographical jurisdiction and the scope of money laundering offences; and expand AUSTRAC’s ability to take enforcement action against non-complying reporting entities;

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  to: expand the Australian Crime Commission’s powers to deal with uncooperative witnesses; clarify procedural powers for issuing summons and notices to produce; and require a five-yearly review of the operation of the Act;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: increase the penalties for bribing foreign and Commonwealth public officials; and provide that drug importation offences apply to offenders engaged in activity connected to the importation of drugs into Australia. Also amends 23 Acts consequent upon the joint commission offence being included in the Criminal Code; and amends 20 Acts consequent on provisions of the

  Crimes Act 1914

  being repealed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Customs Act 1901

  to extend the definition of terrorist organisation;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  in relation to financing terrorism offences;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for control orders and preventative detention orders;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: extend stop, question, search and seize powers to all Commonwealth places and prescribed security zones; and provide for a notice to produce regime to ensure compliance with lawful requests for certain information;

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to update sedition offences;

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  to authorise the use of video surveillance at Australia’s major airports and on aircraft;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  ,

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  in relation to financial transaction reporting;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to: strengthen ASIO’s special powers warrant regime; provide ASIO with enhanced access to aircraft and vessel information; strengthen the offence for providing false or misleading information under an ASIO questioning warrant; and clarify that obligations, prohibitions or restrictions imposed by control orders will not be prescribed administrative action;

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Customs Administration Act 1985

  to broaden Customs powers for security and intelligence purposes; and

  Migration Act 1958

  to clarify the power to deport non-citizens on security grounds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to clarify that it is not necessary to identify a particular terrorist act to prove an offence. Also provides for a review by the Council of Australian Governments of the operation of the legislation after 5 years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Video Link Evidence and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: facilitate the use of video link evidence from overseas witnesses in proceedings for terrorism and other related offences and proceeds of crime proceedings relating to those offences; clarify a constitutional issue regarding the conferral of non-judicial functions and powers on Judges of the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates; facilitate inter-jurisdictional matching of DNA profiles through a national database; and expand the definition of “tape recording”;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to rectify an unintended omission;

  Foreign Evidence Act 1994

  to facilitate the use of foreign material, such as video tapes and transcripts of examinations, as evidence in terrorism and related proceedings when video link evidence is not possible; and provide a discretion to prevent foreign material being adduced;

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to: enable payments out of the Confiscated Assets Account to third parties who carry out examinations for the Commonwealth; and rectify the unintended consequence of a regulation change that inadvertently affected the legal status of some examiners; and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to enable the issue of a warrant to retrieve a tracking device installed under an authorisation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-terrorism Bill (No. 3) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Revises Australia’s counter-terrorism framework by amending the:

  Passports Act 1938

  to give authorities certain powers to demand, confiscate and seize foreign passports;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to give the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation powers to demand the surrender of Australian and foreign passports in certain circumstances; and

  Crimes Act 1914

  to facilitate effective disaster victim identification and criminal investigation in the event of a mass casualty incident within Australia. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Revises Australia’s counter-terrorism framework by amending the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to insert a new offence relating to association with a terrorist organisation;

  Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983

  to provide for the transfer of prisoners between State and Territory prisons for security reasons; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to make decisions of the Attorney-General made on security grounds exempt from the application of the Act. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-terrorism Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Revises Australia’s counter-terrorism framework by amending the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: extend fixed investigation periods for investigations into suspected terrorism offences; and permit law enforcement agencies to suspend or delay questioning a suspect to make overseas inquiries;

  Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978

  in relation to foreign incursions offences;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  in relation to: terrorist organisation membership offences; and offences of providing training to or receiving training from a terrorist organisation; and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  in relation to commercial exploitation by persons who have committed foreign indictable offences. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• ASIO Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to strengthen ASIO’s information-gathering powers, in particular by: extending the questioning time under a warrant when interpreters are used; preventing unauthorised overseas travel by persons specified in warrants; clarifying the powers of the prescribed authority to give directions consistent with questioning warrants; and prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, disclosures about investigations or sensitive operational information; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to ensure that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD reviews these amended provisions rather than the original provisions enacted by the

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to strengthen the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) counter-terrorism powers, in particular by: enabling ASIO to seek a warrant to detain and question persons over 14 years of age for the purposes of investigating terrorism offences; and provides for safeguards in relation to these new powers, and penalties for officials’ failure to comply with provisions; and

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  in relation to the authorisation of communication of intelligence by persons other than ASIO officers. Also contains a 3-year sunset clause and amends the

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to provide for review by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD of the operation of the legislation 3 years after its commencement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to re-enact counter-terrorism offences as Commonwealth provisions capable of operating throughout Australia, without any constitutional limitations, by virtue of the reference of powers by the States; and

  Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002

  to add this proposed Act to the list of counter-terrorism legislation that is subject to a public and independent review mechanism. Also contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum