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2013-2014-2015
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Australian Crime Commission
Amendment (Criminology Research) Bill
2015
No. , 2015
(Justice)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Crime
Commission Act 2002, and for related purposes
No. , 2015
Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Criminology Research)
Bill 2015
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Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1--Amendme nts
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Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
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Schedule 2--Repeals
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Criminology Research Act 1971
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Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Criminology Research)
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Crime
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Commission Act 2002, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Australian Crime Commission
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Amendment (Criminology Research) Act 2015.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
However, if the provisions do not commence
before 1 July 2016, they commence on that
day.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
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1 Subsection 4(1)
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Insert:
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criminological research means research in connection with:
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(a) the causes, consequences, correction and prevention of
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criminal behaviour; and
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(b) any related matter.
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2 Subsection 4(1)(paragraph (i) of the definition of
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permissible purpose)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(i) criminological research;
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3 Before paragraph 7A(g)
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Insert:
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(fb) to do the following in relation to criminological research:
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(i) conduct criminological research;
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(ii) communicate the results of that research;
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(iii) perform other activities related to the conduct of
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criminological research (such as holding seminars or
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compiling crime-related statistics);
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(iv) administer programs for awarding grants for
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criminological research and activities related to that
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research, and assist the recipients of grants in that
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research or those activities;
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4 Before section 16
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Insert:
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15B Fees for services relating to criminological research
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(1) The ACC may charge fees for services that it provides in
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performing any of its functions relating to criminological research.
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(2) A fee for a service must not be such as to amount to taxation.
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(3) A fee charged under subsection (1):
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(a) is a debt due to the Commonwealth; and
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(b) is recoverable by the ACC, on behalf of the Commonwealth.
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5 After section 59AD
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Insert:
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59AE Disclosing criminological research and related information
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(1) The CEO may:
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(a) disclose the ACC's criminological research, and information
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related to the ACC's criminological research; or
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(b) publish the ACC's criminological research, and information
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related to the ACC's criminological research;
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if disclosing or publishing the research or information would not be
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contrary to subsection 25A(9) of this Act, another law of the
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Commonwealth that would otherwise apply, or a law of a State or a
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Territory that would otherwise apply.
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(2) However, if the research or information is or includes personal
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information about an individual (within the meaning of the Privacy
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Act 1988) that was collected for the purpose of criminological
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research, the CEO must not disclose or publish the personal
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information under subsection (1) for another purpose unless:
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(a) the individual has consented to the use or disclosure of the
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information; or
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(b) the individual would reasonably expect the ACC to use or
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disclose the information for the other purpose, and that
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purpose is:
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(i) if the information is sensitive information within the
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meaning of the Privacy Act 1988--directly related to
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the purpose for which the information was collected; or
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(ii) if the information is not sensitive information--related
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to the purpose for which the information was collected;
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or
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(c) a permitted general situation within the meaning of the
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Privacy Act 1988 exists in relation to the use or disclosure of
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the information by the ACC.
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6 Before section 60
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Insert:
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59F Criminology Research Special Account
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(1) The Criminology Research Special Account is continued in
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existence.
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Note:
The Account was established by section 46 of the Criminology
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Research Act 1971.
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(2) The Account is a special account for the purposes of the Public
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Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
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59G Credits to the Criminology Research Special Account
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There must be credited to the Criminology Research Special
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Account amounts equal to the following:
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(a) amounts appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of
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the Account;
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(b) amounts paid by a State to the ACC for the purpose of
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performing functions related to criminological research;
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(c) amounts received by the ACC in relation to performing
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functions related to criminological research;
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(d) amounts of any gifts given or bequests made for the purposes
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of the Account.
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Note:
An Appropriation Act may contain a provision to the effect that, if any
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of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is covered by an
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item in the Appropriation Act (whether or not the item expressly refers
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to the special account), then amounts may be debited against the
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appropriation for that item and credited to that special account.
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59H Purposes of the Criminology Research Special Account
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The purposes of the Criminology Research Special Account are as
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follows:
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(a) paying or discharging the costs, expenses and other
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obligations incurred by the Commonwealth in the
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performance of the ACC's functions related to criminological
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research;
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(b) paying any remuneration and allowances payable to any
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person under this Act connected to the ACC's functions
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related to criminological research;
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(c) meeting the expenses of administering the Account;
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(d) paying any amount that is required or permitted to be repaid;
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(e) reducing the balance of the Account (and therefore the
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available appropriation for the Account) without making a
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real or notional payment.
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Note:
See section 80 of the Public Governance, Performance and
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Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with special accounts).
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Repeals Schedule 2
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Schedule 2--Repeals
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Criminology Research Act 1971
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1 The whole of the Act
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Repeal the Act.
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