COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY-GENERAL

Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Act 2012

Entry into Force of Convention on Cluster Munitions

I, Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Attorney-General, hereby announce that in accordance with   section 2 of the Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Act 2012, the Convention on Cluster Munitions will enter into force for Australia on 1 April 2013.

Dated    19 February 2013    

Mark Dreyfus QC MP

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

PURPOSE

The Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Act 2012 received Royal Assent on 8 September 2012 and will commence on the day that the Convention on Cluster Munitions comes into force for Australia. Under section 2 of the Act, the Attorney-General must announce in the Gazette the date the Convention on Cluster Munitions comes into force for Australia.