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2013-2014-2015
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms
Trafficking) Bill 2015
No. , 2015
(Justice)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act
1995, and for other purposes
No. , 2015
Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) 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--Amendments
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Criminal Code Act 1995
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No. , 2015
Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act
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1995, and for other 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 Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms
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Trafficking) 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. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
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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Criminal Code Act 1995
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1 Subsections 360.2(1) and 360.3(1) of the Criminal Code
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(penalty)
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Repeal the penalty, substitute:
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years or a fine of 5,000 penalty
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units, or both.
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2 After section 360.3 of the Criminal Code
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Insert:
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360.3A Mandatory minimum penalties
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(1) The court must impose a sentence of imprisonment of at least 5
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years for a person convicted of an offence against this Division.
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(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if it is established on the balance of
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probabilities that the person was aged under 18 years when the
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offence was committed.
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3 Subsections 361.2(1) and (3) and 361.3(1), (3) and (4) of the
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Criminal Code (penalty)
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Repeal the penalty, substitute:
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years or a fine of 5,000 penalty
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units, or both.
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4 After section 361.4 of the Criminal Code
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Insert:
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361.5 Mandatory minimum penalties
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(1) The court must impose a sentence of imprisonment of at least 5
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years for a person convicted of an offence against this Division.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if it is established on the balance of
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probabilities that the person was aged under 18 years when the
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offence was committed.
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5 Application of amendments
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The amendments made by items 2 and 4 of this Schedule apply in
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relation to conduct engaged in at or after the commencement of this
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Schedule.
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