Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 164 of 1992 - SECT 25

25. After section 23A of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted:
Part does not apply in Antarctic Territories

"23AA.(1) This Part does not apply within the Australian Antarctic Territory
or the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands.

"(2) If a person is arrested within the Australian Antarctic Territory or the
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands for a Commonwealth offence
(including being arrested within the meaning given by subsections 23B(2), (3)
and (4)) and is brought, while under arrest, to a State or Territory in which
this Part applies, this Part operates in relation to the person as if he or
she were lawfully arrested on arrival in the State or Territory.".