Criminal Code Amendment (Espionage and Related Matters) Act 2002 (Cth)

Criminal Code Amendment (Espionage and Related Matters) Act 2002

Act No. 91 of 2002 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 18 July 2005

[This Act was amended by Act No. 100 of 2005]

Amendments from Act No. 100 of 2005 [Schedule 2 (item 10) amended subsection 2(4) [Schedule 2 (item 11) amended subsection 2(5) Schedule 2 (items 10 and 11) commenced immediately after 31 October 2002]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) 4 Transitional—pre‑commencement offences

Schedule 1—Amendments relating to the integrity and security of the Commonwealth Crimes Act 1914 Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule 2—Consequential amendments

Part 1—Crimes Act 1914

Part 2—Australian Protective Service Act 1987 An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914 and the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes

[Assented to 31 October 2002]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Espionage and Related Matters) Act 2002.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent 31 October 2002 2. Schedule 1, items 1A, 1, 2 and 3 The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent 28 November 2002 3. Schedule 1, item 4 The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, subject to subsection (3) Does not commence at all 4. Schedule 1, item 5 The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent 28 November 2002 5. Schedule 2, item 1 The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, subject to subsection (4) 6. Schedule 2, item 2 Immediately after the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 1, subject to subsection (5) 7. Schedule 2, items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent 28 November 2002