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              Note:     This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
                        enacted.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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