Act No. 28 of 2019. Introduced by /u/elliellia. Assented to 2019-12-06.
2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Age of
Criminal Responsibility) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(Senator ellielia)
(Written by Rebekha Sharkie MP)
A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to the
criminal law, and for related purposes
Contents
1 Short title..........................................................................................1
2 Commencement................................................................................1
3 Schedules..........................................................................................2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Crimes Act 1914 3
Criminal Code Act 1995 3
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A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to the
criminal law, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Age of Criminal
Responsibility) Act 2019.
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.
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Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of The day after this Act receives the Royal
this Act Assent.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
enacted.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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule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.
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Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1—Amendments
Crimes Act 1914
1 Section 4M (heading)
Omit “10”, substitute “14”.
2 Section 4M
Omit “10”, substitute “14”.
3 Section 4N
Repeal the section.
4 Subsection 23WA(1) (definition of child)
Omit “10”, substitute “14”.
5 Section 23WC (table item 4)
Omit “10”, substitute “14”.
6 Section 23YQE (heading)
Omit “10”, substitute “14”.
7 Section 23YQE
Omit “10”, substitute “14”.
Criminal Code Act 1995
8 Section 7.1 of the Criminal Code (heading)
Omit “10”, substitute “14”.
9 Section 7.1 of the Criminal Code
Omit “10”, substitute “14”.
10 Section 7.2 of the Criminal Code (heading)
Repeal the section.
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11 Application provision
The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to offences
committed on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
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