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New South Wales
Crimes Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2013
Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.
Overview of Bill
The object of this Bill is to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to extend the date until which membership
of a terrorist organisation is an offence under the Act from 13 September 2013 to
13 September 2016.
Outline of provisions
Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on the date of assent to the
proposed Act.
Clause 3 amends the Crimes Act 1900 to extend the sunset date for the offence of being a member
of a terrorist organisation. This offence (which is similar to the offence provided for in section
102.3 of the Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 of the
Commonwealth) was originally inserted into the Crimes Act 1900 by Schedule 4 to the Terrorism
egislation Amendment (Warrants) Act 2005 in order to provide for the issue of covert search
warrants under New South Wales law relating to membership of a terrorist organisation in
anticipation of the Commonwealth Parliament enacting a national covert search warrant scheme.
A national covert search warrant scheme has not yet been enacted. Accordingly, the additional 3
years before the repeal of the offence is proposed so as to ensure that covert search warrants can
continue to be granted until a national scheme is adopted.
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Crimes Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2013
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Crimes Act 1900 No 40 2
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New South Wales
Crimes Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2013
No , 2013
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 in relation to terrorism.
Crimes Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2013 [NSW]
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Crimes Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2013. 3
2 Commencement 4
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 5
3 Amendment of Crimes Act 1900 No 40 6
Section 310L Repeal of Part 7
Omit "13 September 2013". Insert instead "13 September 2016". 8
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