Criminal Code Amendment (War Crimes) Act 2016 (Cth)

Criminal Code Amendment (War Crimes) Act 2016

No. 97, 2016

An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Amendments relating to war crimes Part 1—Members of organised armed groups Criminal Code Act 1995 Part 2—Proportionality in non‑international armed conflict Criminal Code Act 1995 Part 3—Minor technical amendment Criminal Code Act 1995 Part 4—Application of amendments

Criminal Code Amendment (War Crimes) Act 2016 No. 97, 2016

An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes

[Assented to 7 December 2016]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act is the Criminal Code Amendment (War Crimes) Act 2016.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 8 December 2016

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.