1998‑99

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Crimes Amendment (Fine Enforcement) Bill 1999

No.      , 1999

(Justice and Customs)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914, and for related purposes

ISBN:  0642 405263

Contents
1	Short title	1
2	Commencement	1
3	Schedule(s)	1
Schedule 1—Crimes Act 1914	3

A Bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1  Short title
		This Act may be cited as the Crimes Amendment (Fine Enforcement) Act 1999.
2  Commencement
		This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3  Schedule(s)
		Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Crimes Act 1914
  
1  Paragraph 15A(1AA)(a)
Omit “magistrate of the State or Territory sitting as a court”, substitute “court of summary jurisdiction of the State or Territory”.
2  Paragraph 15A(1AA)(b)
Omit “magistrate”, substitute “court”.
3  Subsection 15A(1AC)
Omit “magistrate”, substitute “court of summary jurisdiction”.
4  After subsection 15A(1AC)
Insert:
	(1ACA)	The following provisions do not apply in relation to subsections (1AA) and (1AC):
	(a)	paragraph 26(d) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;
	(b)	paragraph 39(2)(d) of the Judiciary Act 1903.
Note:	This subsection lets an officer of a State or Territory court of summary jurisdiction make an order under this section imposing a penalty for failure to pay a fine for a Commonwealth offence if the law of the State or Territory allows the officer to exercise the court’s powers.
5  Application
The amendments of section 15A of the Crimes Act 1914 made by this Act apply in relation to a fine regardless of whether it was imposed before, on or after the commencement of this Act.