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Crimes (Amount of Penalty Unit) Instrument 2023

Authoritative Version
This instrument notifies of an increase in the value of Commonwealth penalty units, in line with the indexation formula in the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth).
Administered by: Attorney-General's
Registered 30 Jun 2023
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Crimes (Amount of Penalty Unit) Instrument 2023

I, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following instrument.

Dated                           28 June                        2023

Mark Dreyfus KC

Attorney‑General

 

  

  

  


Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Amount of penalty unit.................................................................................................. 1

 


 

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Crimes (Amount of Penalty Unit) Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument 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 instrument

1 July 2023.

1 July 2023

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under subsection 4AA(1A) of the Crimes Act 1914.

4  Definitions

                   In this instrument:

Act means the Crimes Act 1914.

5  Amount of penalty unit

                   The amount of a penalty unit is $313.

Note 1:       This amount is the result of indexation under subsection 4AA(3) of the Act.

Note 2:       Subsection 4AA(8) of the Act has the effect that the indexed amount will only apply to offences committed on or after 1 July 2023.