Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Act 2022 No. 82, 2022 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 2022 No. 82, 2022 An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914, and for related purposes [Assented to 12 December 2022] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act is the Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Act 2022. 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 The whole of this Act 1 January 2023. 1 January 2023 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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in any published version of this Act. 3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 "$210", substitute "$275". 2 Subsection 4AA(3) Omit "2020", substitute "2023". 3 Application of amendments The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to offences committed on or after the commencement of this Schedule. [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 9 November 2022 Senate on 28 November 2022] (121/22)