Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Act 1996 (Cth)

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Act 1996

No. 40, 1996

An Act to amend the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title...............................................1017

2 Commencement...........................................1017

3 Schedule(s)..............................................1018

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 1019

Part 1—Object and application of the Act 1019

Part 2—Requests for assistance 1022

Part 3—Refusal of assistance 1029

Part 4—Restriction on use of information 1030

Part 5—Search, seizure and powers of arrest 1032

Part 6—Miscellaneous 1052

Part 7—Saving provision 1059

Schedule 2—Amendment of the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 1060

Schedule 3—Amendment of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 1061

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Act 1996

No. 40, 1996

An Act to amend the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987, and for related purposes

[Assented to 9 October 1996]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Act 1996.

2 Commencement

(1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The items in the Schedules commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(3) If a provision referred to in subsection (2) does not commence under that subsection within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

3 Schedule(s)

Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.