Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Act 2017 (Cth)

Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Act 2017

No. 35, 2017

An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Amendments Crimes Act 1914

Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Act 2017 No. 35, 2017

An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914, and for related purposes

[Assented to 19 May 2017]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act is the Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Act 2017.

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 1 July 2017. 1 July 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Crimes Act 1914

1 Subsection 4AA(1) (definition of penalty unit) Omit "$180", substitute "$210".

2 Subsection 4AA(3) Omit "1 July 2018", substitute "1 July 2020".

3 Application of item 1 The amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule applies in relation to an offence committed on or after the commencement of this item.

[Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 16 February 2017 Senate on 29 March 2017]