Criminology Research Act 1971
Act No. 15 of 1971 as amended
Consolidated as in force on 7 April 1999
(includes amendments up to No. 152 of 1997)
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

Contents
Part I—Preliminary	
1	Short title [see Note 1]	
2	Commencement [see Note 1]	
4	Interpretation	
Part II—The Australian Institute of Criminology	
Division 1—Establishment, functions and powers of Institute	
5	Establishment of Institute	
6	Functions of Institute	
6A	Power of Attorney‑General to request Institute to perform certain functions	
7	Powers of Institute	
Division 2—Board of Management of Institute	
8	Establishment and functions of Board	
9	Constitution of Board	
10	Deputies of members of Board	
11	Remuneration and allowances	
12	Chair of Board	
13	Resignation of members of Board and deputies of members	
14	Meetings of Board	
Division 3—Director, Acting Director and staff of Institute	
15	Director of Institute	
16	Functions of Director	
17	Tenure of office of Director	
18	Remuneration and allowances of Director	
19	Leave of absence of Director	
20	Termination of appointment of Director	
21	Vacation of office of Director	
22	Acting Director	
23	Appointment of staff of Institute	
Division 4—Finances of Institute	
28	Moneys payable to Institute, and estimates of expenditure	
29	Limit on contracts	
31	Application of moneys	
32A	Trust moneys	
Part III—The Criminology Research Council	
Division 1—Establishment and constitution of Council	
34	Establishment of Council	
35	Constitution of Council	
36	Deputies of members of Council	
37	Chair of Council	
38	Resignation of members of Council and deputies of members	
39	Meetings of Council	
Division 2—Functions and powers of Council	
40	Functions of Council	
41	Powers of Council	
43	Copy of annual report also to be given to State and Northern Territory Ministers and Auditors‑General	
Part IV—The Criminology Research Fund	
44	Establishment of Fund	
46	Moneys payable to Fund	
47	Application of moneys in Fund	
Part V—Miscellaneous	
50	Exemption from taxation: Institute, Council and Fund	
51	Regulations	

An Act to make provision for and in relation to the Promotion of Research in connexion with Criminology
Part I—Preliminary
1  Short title [see Note 1] 
		This Act may be cited as the Criminology Research Act 1971.  
2  Commencement [see Note 1]
		This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
4  Interpretation
		In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
Acting Director means an Acting Director of the Institute appointed under section 22.
appoint includes re‑appoint.
criminological research means research in connexion with:
	(a)	the causes, correction and prevention of criminal behaviour; and
	(b)	any related matter.
the appropriate Minister means:
	(a)	in relation to a State, such Minister of the Crown of that State as is prescribed, and includes any Minister of the Crown for the time being acting for and on behalf of that Minister; and
	(b)	in relation to the Northern Territory, such Minister of the Northern Territory as is prescribed, and includes any Minister of the Northern Territory for the time being acting for and on behalf of that Minister.
the Board means the Board of Management of the Institute established by section 8.
the Council means the Criminology Research Council established by section 34.
the Director means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 15.
the Fund means the Criminology Research Fund established by section 44.
the Institute means the Australian Institute of Criminology established by section 5.
Part II—The Australian Institute of Criminology
Division 1—Establishment, functions and powers of Institute
5  Establishment of Institute
	(1)	There is hereby established an institute to be known as the Australian Institute of Criminology.
	(2)	The Institute:
	(a)	is a body corporate; and
	(b)	shall have a seal.
Note:	The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 applies to the Institute. That Act deals with matters relating to Commonwealth authorities, including reporting and accountability, banking and investment, and conduct of officers.
	(3)	The seal of the Institute shall be kept in such custody as the Board directs and shall not be used except as authorized by the Board.
	(4)	All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the imprint of the seal of the Institute appearing on a document and shall presume that the document was duly sealed.
6  Functions of Institute
		The functions of the Institute are:
	(a)	to conduct, or arrange for the conduct of, such criminological research as is approved by the Board or is requested by the Attorney‑General;
	 (b)	to communicate to the Commonwealth, the States, and the Northern Territory, the results of research conducted by the Institute;
	(c)	to conduct, or arrange for the conduct of, such seminars and courses of training or instruction for persons engaged, or to be engaged, in criminological research or in work related to the prevention or correction of criminal behaviour as are approved by the Board or are requested by the Attorney‑General;
	(d)	to advise the Council in relation to needs for, and programmes of, criminological research;
	(e)	to provide secretarial and administrative services for the Council;
	(f)	to give advice and assistance in relation to any research performed wholly or partly with moneys provided out of the Fund;
	(g)	to give advice in relation to the compilation of statistics relating to crime;
	(h)	to publish such material resulting from or connected with the performance of its functions as is approved by the Board;
	(ha)	to collect information and statistics (without detracting from, and in the context of, the overall collecting and coordinating role of the Australian Bureau of Statistics);
	(hb)	to provide information and advice to Departments, agencies and authorities of the Commonwealth, of the States, and of the Northern Territory dealing with the administration of criminal justice;
	(hc)	to collaborate, in and outside Australia, with governments, institutions and authorities, and with bodies and persons, in relation to research, or the training of persons, in or in connection with the administration of criminal justice; and
	(i)	to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the foregoing functions.
6A  Power of Attorney‑General to request Institute to perform certain functions
	(1)	The Attorney‑General may request the Institute to:
	(a)	conduct, or arrange for the conduct of, criminological research into a matter specified by the Attorney‑General; or
	(b)	to conduct seminars or courses of training or instruction in a matter specified by the Attorney‑General, being seminars or courses of training or instruction for persons engaged, or to be engaged, in criminological research or in work related to the prevention or correction of criminal behaviour.
	(2)	Where the Attorney‑General so requests the Institute to conduct, or arrange for the conduct of, criminological research, or to conduct seminars or courses of training or instruction, the Attorney‑General may also require the Board to ensure that such priority is given to the conduct of that research, or to the conduct of those seminars or courses of training or instruction, as the Attorney‑General specifies.
7  Powers of Institute
		The Institute has power to do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for or in connexion with the performance of its functions and, in particular, has power:
	(aa)	to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;
	(ab)	to enter into contracts;
	(a)	to erect buildings;
	(b)	to occupy, use and control any land or building owned or held under lease by the Commonwealth and made available for the purposes of the Institute; and
	(c)	to accept gifts, devises and bequests made to the Institute, whether on trust or otherwise, and to act as trustee of moneys or other property vested in the Institute upon trust.
Division 2—Board of Management of Institute
8  Establishment and functions of Board
	(1)	There is hereby established a board to be known as the Board of Management of the Australian Institute of Criminology.
	(2)	The Board is charged with the general direction of the Institute.
9  Constitution of Board
	(1)	The Board shall consist of:
	(a)	the Director;
	(b)	3 members appointed by the Attorney‑General; and
	(c)	4 members appointed by the Council.
	(2)	A member of the Board who is appointed by the Attorney‑General holds office during the pleasure of the Attorney‑General.
	(3)	A member of the Board who is appointed by the Council shall cease to hold office one year after the appointment takes effect unless the appointment is sooner terminated, but is eligible for re‑appointment.
	(5)	An act or decision of the Board is not invalid by reason only of a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Board.
10  Deputies of members of Board
	(1)	A member of the Board may:
	(a)	in the case of the Director or a member appointed by the Attorney‑General—with the approval of the Attorney‑General; or
	(b)	in the case of a member appointed by the Council—with the approval of the Council;
appoint a person, other than a member, to be the deputy of the member.
	(2)	A member may revoke the appointment of a person as the deputy of the member, but the revocation is not effective until the member has given notice of it by writing signed by the member and delivered to the Attorney‑General or to the Council, as the case requires.
	(3)	The deputy of a member is entitled, in the event of the absence of the member from a meeting of the Board, to attend that meeting and, when so attending, shall be deemed to be the member of whom he or she is the deputy.
11  Remuneration and allowances
	(1)	A member of the Board appointed under paragraph 9(1)(b) or (c), or a deputy of such a member, shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.
	(2)	A member of the Board appointed under paragraph 9(1)(b) or (c), or a deputy of such a member, shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed.
	(3)	Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
	(4)	Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a member of the Board, or a deputy of such a member, if the member or deputy holds any office or appointment, or is otherwise employed, on a full‑time basis in the service or employment of:
	(a)	the Commonwealth, a State or the Administration of a Territory;
	(b)	a body corporate established by a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory for the purposes of the Commonwealth, of the State or of the Territory; or
	 (c)	an incorporated company over which the Commonwealth, a State or the Administration of a Territory is in a position to exercise control.
12  Chair of Board
	(1)	The Attorney‑General shall appoint one of the members of the Board referred to in paragraph 9(1)(b) to be the Chair of the Board.
	(2)	The Chair may resign from office as Chair by writing signed by the Chair and delivered to the Attorney‑General.
13  Resignation of members of Board and deputies of members
	(1)	A member of the Board who is appointed by the Attorney‑General, or the deputy of such a member, may resign from office by writing signed by the member or the deputy, as the case may be, and delivered to the Attorney‑General.
	(2)	A member of the Board who is appointed by the Council, or the deputy of such a member, may resign from office by writing signed by the member or the deputy, as the case may be, and delivered to the Chair of the Council.
14  Meetings of Board
	(1)	The Chair of the Board or the deputy of the Chair may convene meetings of the Board.
	(2)	If neither the Chair nor the deputy of the Chair is available, the Attorney‑General may convene a meeting of the Board.
	(3)	The Chair or the deputy of the Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he or she is present.
	(4)	At a meeting of the Board at which neither the Chair nor the deputy of the Chair is present, the members present shall elect one of the members appointed by the Attorney‑General to preside.
	(5)	For the purposes of a meeting of the Board, 2 of the members appointed by the Attorney‑General and 2 of the members appointed by the Council constitute a quorum.
	(6)	A member of the Board may, by writing signed by the member, appoint another member or the deputy of another member as his or her proxy to attend and vote on his or her behalf at a meeting of the Board at which neither the first‑mentioned member nor his or her deputy is present.
	(7)	At a meeting of the Board:
	(a)	all decisions shall be made by a majority of votes of the members voting, whether personally or by proxy; and
	(b)	the member presiding has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
Division 3—Director, Acting Director and staff of Institute
15  Director of Institute
	(1)	There shall be a Director of the Institute, who shall be appointed by the Governor‑General.
	(2)	The appointment of the Director is subject to such terms and conditions (if any) in respect of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the Governor‑General.
16  Functions of Director
		Subject to the general direction exercised by the Board, the Director shall manage the affairs of the Institute.
17  Tenure of office of Director
	(1)	Subject to this Act, the person appointed as the Director holds office for such period, not exceeding 7 years, as is specified in the instrument of the person’s appointment, but is eligible for re‑appointment.
	(2)	A person who has attained the age of 65 years shall not be appointed as the Director.
	(3)	A person shall not be appointed as the Director for a period that extends beyond the date on which the person will attain the age of 65 years.
	(4)	The Director may resign from office by writing signed by the Director and addressed to the Governor‑General.
18  Remuneration and allowances of Director
	(1)	The Director shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.
	(2)	The Director shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed.
	(3)	Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
19  Leave of absence of Director
	(1)	Subject to section 87E of the Public Service Act 1922, the Director has such recreation leave entitlements as are determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.
	(2)	The Attorney‑General may grant the Director leave of absence, other than recreation leave, on such terms and conditions as to remuneration or otherwise as the Minister determines.
20  Termination of appointment of Director
		The Governor‑General may terminate the appointment of the Director for misbehaviour of physical or mental incapacity.
21  Vacation of office of Director
		If the Director:
	(a)	becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with creditors or makes an assignment of remuneration for their benefit; or
	(b)	is absent from duty, except on leave of absence, for 14 consecutive days or for 28 days in any 12 months;
the Governor‑General shall remove the Director from office.
22  Acting Director
	(1)	The Attorney‑General may appoint a person to act as Director:
	(a)	during a vacancy in the office of Director; or
	(b)	during any period, or during all periods, when the Director is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of the office of Director;
but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months.
	(2)	An appointment of a person under subsection (1) may be expressed to have effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of appointment.
	(3)	The Attorney‑General may:
	(a)	determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including remuneration and allowances, of a person acting as Director; and
	(b)	terminate such an appointment at any time.
	 (4)	Where a person is acting as Director in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) and the office of Director becomes vacant while that person is so acting, then, subject to subsection (2), that person may continue so to act until the Attorney‑General otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months from the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.
	(5)	The appointment of a person to act as Director ceases to have effect if the person resigns the appointment by writing signed by the person and delivered to the Attorney‑General.
	(6)	While a person is acting as Director, the person may exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the Director under this Act.
	(7)	The validity of anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under subsection (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen, that there is a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had ceased.
23  Appointment of staff of Institute
	(1)	The Director may, on behalf of the Institute and with the approval of the Attorney‑General, appoint as employees of the Institute such persons as the Director thinks are necessary for the purposes of this Part.
	(2)	The terms and conditions of employment of employees of the Institute are, subject to this Act, such as are from time to time determined by the Director with the approval of the Attorney‑General.
Division 4—Finances of Institute
28  Moneys payable to Institute, and estimates of expenditure
	(1)	There are payable to the Institute such moneys as are appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the Institute.
	(2)	The Minister for Finance may give directions as to the amounts in which, and the times at which, moneys referred to in subsection (1) are to be paid to the Institute.
29  Limit on contracts
		The Institute shall not, except with the approval of the Attorney‑General, enter into a contract involving the payment by the Institute of an amount exceeding $100,000.
31  Application of moneys
	(1)	The moneys of the Institute shall be applied only:
	(a)	in payment or discharge of the expenses, charges, obligations and liabilities incurred or undertaken by the Institute in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers; and
	(b)	in payment of remuneration and allowances payable under this Part.
	(2)	Subsection (1) does not prevent investment of surplus money of the Institute under section 18 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.
32A  Trust moneys
	(1)	The Institute shall ensure that all moneys received or held by the Institute on trust are paid into an account maintained under section 18 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 that does not contain any moneys of the Institute not held on trust.
	(2)	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Division or any provision of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997:
	(a)	moneys or other property held by the Institute on trust shall be applied or dealt with only in accordance with the powers and duties of the Institute as trustee; and
	(b)	moneys held by the Institute on trust may be invested:
	(i)	in any manner in which the Institute is authorized to invest those moneys by the terms of the trust; or
	(ii)	in any manner in which trust moneys may, for the time being, be invested under law;
		but not otherwise.
Part III—The Criminology Research Council
Division 1—Establishment and constitution of Council
34  Establishment of Council
	(1)	There is hereby established a council to be known as the Criminology Research Council.
	(2)	The Council:
	(a)	is a body corporate with perpetual succession;
	(b)	shall have a common seal;
	(c)	may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and
	(d)	may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
Note:	The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 applies to the Council. That Act deals with matters relating to Commonwealth authorities, including reporting and accountability, banking and investment, and conduct of officers.
	(3)	The common seal of the Council shall be kept in such custody as the Council directs and shall not be used except as authorized by the Council.
	(4)	All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the imprint of the common seal of the Council appearing on a document and shall presume that the document was duly sealed.
35  Constitution of Council
	(1)	The Council shall consist of 8 members, of whom:
	(a)	one is to represent the Commonwealth;
	(b)	one is to represent each State; and
	(c)	one is to represent the Northern Territory.
	(2)	The member who is to represent the Commonwealth shall be appointed by the Attorney‑General and holds office during the pleasure of the Attorney‑General.
	(3)	A member who is to represent a State, or the member who is to represent the Northern Territory, shall be appointed by the Attorney‑General upon the nomination of the appropriate Minister of that State, or of the Northern Territory, as the case requires.
	(4)	If, and only if, the appropriate Minister of a State, or of the Northern Territory, so requests, the Attorney‑General shall remove from office the member representing that State, or the member representing the Northern Territory, as the case requires.
	(5)	The appointment of a member is not invalid by reason only of a defect or irregularity in connexion with the nomination of the member.
	(6)	The exercise of a power, or the performance of a function, by the Council is not invalid by reason only of a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Council.
36  Deputies of members of Council
	(1)	A member of the Council may:
	(a)	in the case of the member appointed to represent the Commonwealth—with the approval of the Attorney‑General;
	(b)	in the case of a member appointed to represent a State—with the approval of the appropriate Minister of the State; or
	(c)	in the case of the member appointed to represent the Northern Territory—with the approval of the appropriate Minister of that Territory;
appoint a person, other than a member, to be the deputy of the member.
	(2)	A member may revoke the appointment of a person as the deputy of the member, but the revocation is not effective until the member has given notice of it by writing signed by the member and delivered to the Attorney‑General, to the appropriate Minister of the State concerned, or to the appropriate Minister of the Northern Territory, as the case requires.
	(3)	The deputy of a member is entitled, in the event of the absence of the member from a meeting of the Council, to attend that meeting and, when so attending, shall be deemed to be the member of whom he or she is the deputy.
37  Chair of Council
	(1)	The Council shall elect one of the members of the Council to be the Chair of the Council.
	(2)	The Chair ceases to hold office upon:
	(a)	the expiration of one year after election; or
	(b)	ceasing to be a member.
	(3)	The Chair may resign from office as Chair by writing signed by the Chair and delivered to the Attorney‑General.
	(4)	The Chair is eligible for re‑election.
38  Resignation of members of Council and deputies of members
	(1)	The member of the Council who is appointed to represent the Commonwealth, or the deputy of that member, may resign from office by writing signed by the member or the deputy, as the case may be, and delivered to the Attorney‑General.
	(2)	A member of the Council who is appointed to represent a State, or the deputy of that member, may resign from office by writing signed by the member or the deputy, as the case may be, and delivered to the appropriate Minister of the State.
	(3)	The member of the Council who is appointed to represent the Northern Territory, or the deputy of that member, may resign his or her office by writing signed by the member or deputy, as the case may be, and delivered to the appropriate Minister of the Northern Territory.
39  Meetings of Council
	(1)	The Chair of the Council or the deputy of the Chair may convene meetings of the Council.
	(2)	If neither the Chair nor the deputy of the Chair is available, the Attorney‑General may convene a meeting of the Council.
	(3)	The Chair or the deputy of the Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Council at which he or she is present.
	(4)	At a meeting of the Council at which neither the Chair nor the deputy of the Chair is present, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside.
	(5)	For the purposes of a meeting of the Council, the member representing the Commonwealth and 4 other members constitute a quorum.
	(6)	A member of the Council may, by writing signed by the member, appoint another member or the deputy of another member as the proxy of the first‑mentioned member to attend and vote on behalf of the first‑mentioned member at a meeting of the Council at which neither the first‑mentioned member nor the deputy of the first‑mentioned member is present.
	(7)	At a meeting of the Council:
	(a)	all decisions shall be made by a majority of votes of the members voting, whether personally or by proxy; and
	(b)	the member presiding has a deliberative vote and, if there is an equality of votes, also has the casting vote.
Division 2—Functions and powers of Council
40  Functions of Council
		The functions of the Council are to control and administer the Fund in accordance with Part IV and, for that purpose, to examine, and determine the relative importance and urgency of, projects for which the expenditure of moneys from the Fund may be authorized.
41  Powers of Council
		The Council has power to do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for or in connexion with the performance of its functions.
43  Copy of annual report also to be given to State and Northern Territory Ministers and Auditors‑General
		As soon as practicable after the members of the Council give the Attorney‑General the annual report on the Council for a financial year under section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, the members must give a copy of the report to:
	(a)	the appropriate Minister of each State and of the Northern Territory; and
	(b)	the Auditor‑General of each State and of the Northern Territory.
Part IV—The Criminology Research Fund
44  Establishment of Fund
	(1)	There is hereby established a fund to be known as the Criminology Research Fund.
	(2)	The Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 applies to the Fund as though the Fund were money of the Council.
46  Moneys payable to Fund
	(2)	There shall be paid into the Fund:
	(a)	any moneys appropriated by law for the purposes of the Fund;
	(b)	any moneys paid by a State or the Northern Territory to the Commonwealth, or to the Council, for the purposes of the Fund;
	(c)	any income derived from the investment of moneys in the Fund;
	(d)	any other moneys derived by the Council as a result of its administration of the Fund; and
	(e)	any gifts or bequests made to the Fund or to the Council.
47  Application of moneys in Fund
	(1)	Moneys in the Fund, other than moneys to which subsection (2) applies, shall be applied only:
	(a)	in the making of payments for use for such purposes of, or related to, criminological research (including the dissemination of information and advice, and the publication of reports, periodicals, books and papers, in connexion with criminological research and the results of criminological research) as are determined by the Council; or
	(b)	in the discharge of any obligations or liabilities of the Council arising under this Act.
	(2)	Where a gift or bequest made to the Fund or to the Council is subject to conditions in relation to the purposes for which it is to be applied, the moneys paid into the Fund as a result of the gift or bequest, and any income derived from the investment of those moneys, shall be applied only for those purposes and subject to those conditions.
	(3)	Surplus money of the Fund may be invested, in the name of the Council, under section 18 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, unless subsection (2) applies to the money and the conditions referred to in that subsection specify the manner in which the money is to be or may be invested. In that case, the money may only be invested in accordance with those conditions.
Part V—Miscellaneous
50  Exemption from taxation: Institute, Council and Fund
		The transactions of the Institute and of the Council and the income and transactions of the Fund are not subject to taxation under any law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.
51  Regulations
		The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

NOTE
1. 	The Criminology Research Act 1971  as shown in this consolidation comprises Act No. 15, 1971 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts

Act	Number 
and year	Date 
of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Criminology Research Act 1971	15, 1971	6 Apr 1971	6 Nov 1972 (see Gazette 1972, No. 108)		
Salaries (Statutory Offices) Adjustment Act 1971	136, 1971	16 Dec 1971	16 Dec 1971	—	
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10	
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	S. 8	
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (a)	—	
Criminology Research Amendment Act 1986	123, 1986	2 Dec 1986	30 Dec 1986	S. 30 	
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991	122, 1991	27 June 1991	Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 15‑20: 1 Dec 1988
Ss. 28(b)‑(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332)
Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 31(2)	
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (items 54, 55): Royal Assent (b)	— 	
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997	24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 639‑656): 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49) (c)	—	

(a)	The Criminology Research Act 1971 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
	“(1)	Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.”.
(b)	The Criminology Research Act 1971 was amended by Schedule 4 (items 54, 55) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
	“(1)	Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.”.
(c)	The Criminology Research Act 1971 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 639‑656) only of the Audit (Transitional  and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
	“(2)	Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.”.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted	
Provision affected	How affected	
S. 3		rep. No. 216, 1973	
S. 4		am. No. 123, 1986; No. 152, 1997	
S. 5		am. No. 123, 1986	
Note to s. 5(2)		ad. No. 152, 1997	
S. 6 		am. No. 123, 1986	
S. 6A		ad. No. 123, 1986	
S. 7		am. No. 123, 1986	
Ss. 9, 10		am. No. 123, 1986	
S. 11		rs. No. 123, 1986	
	am. No. 43, 1996	
Ss. 12‑14		am. No. 123, 1986; No. 152, 1997	
S. 17		am. No. 123, 1986	
S. 18		am. No. 136, 1971	
	rs. No. 123, 1986	
	am. No. 43, 1996	
S. 19		am. No. 123, 1986	
	rs. No. 122, 1991	
S. 21		am. No. 123, 1986; No. 122, 1991	
S. 22		rs. No. 123, 1986	
S. 23		am. No. 123, 1986	
S. 24		am. No. 216, 1973	
	rep. No. 65, 1985	
S. 25		rep. No. 216, 1973	
Ss. 26, 27		rep. No. 123, 1986	
S. 28		am. No. 36, 1978; No. 123, 1986	
S. 28A		ad. No. 123, 1986	
	rep. No. 152, 1997	
S. 29		am. No. 123, 1986	
S. 30 		rep. No. 152, 1997	
S. 31		rs. No. 123, 1986	
	am. No. 152, 1997	
S. 32 		rep. No. 152, 1997	
S. 32A		ad. No. 123, 1986	
	am. No. 152, 1997	
S. 33		am. No. 216, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 123, 1986	
	rep. No. 152, 1997	
S. 34 		am. No. 123, 1986	
Note to s. 34(2)		ad. No. 152, 1997	
Ss. 35, 36	am. No. 123, 1986	
S. 37 		am. No. 123, 1986; No. 152, 1997	
S. 38 		am. No. 123, 1986	
S. 39 		am. No. 123, 1986; No. 152, 1997	
S. 42 		rep. No. 152, 1997	
S. 43		am. No. 216, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 123, 1986	
	rs. No. 152, 1997	
S. 44 		am. No. 152, 1997	
S. 45		rep. No. 152, 1997	
S. 46 		am. No. 123, 1986	
S. 47 		am. No. 123, 1986; No. 152, 1997	
Ss. 48, 49 		am. No. 123, 1986	
	rep. No. 152, 1997	
S. 50		am. No. 216, 1973