2019

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Bill 2019

No.      , 2019

(Ms Sharkie)

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

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.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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

11  Application provision

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to offences committed on or after the commencement of this Schedule.