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Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Act 2006
No. 167, 2006
An Act to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendments Royal Commissions Act 1902
Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Act 2006
No. 167, 2006
An Act to amend the Royal Commissions Act 1902, and for related purposes
[Assented to 12 December 2006]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Royal Commissions Amendment (Records) Act 2006.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Royal Commissions Act 1902
1 After subsection 6F(2) Insert:
(2A) Subsection (2) has effect subject to subsection 9(10).
2 After section 8 Insert:
9 Custody and use of records of Royal Commission
Definitions
(1) In this section:
body means a body (whether a body corporate or not) and includes: (a) an agency within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999; and (b) a Department of State for, or an agency of, a State or a Territory.
civil penalty proceeding means a proceeding for a civil penalty in relation to a contravention of a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
confiscation proceeding means a proceeding under: (a) the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 or the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; or (b) a corresponding law within the meaning of either of those Acts; but does not include a criminal prosecution for an offence under either of those Acts or a corresponding law.
custodian of a Royal Commission record means a person who, or a body that, has custody of the record under: (a) regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a); or (b) a direction under subsection 22(3) of the Archives Act 1983.
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