Counter‑Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Act 2024

No. 77, 2024

An Act to amend the law relating to counter‑terrorism, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Criminal Code Act 1995

Intelligence Services Act 2001

Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Act 2024

No. 77, 2024

An Act to amend the law relating to counter‑terrorism, and for related purposes

[Assented to 2 September 2024]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act is the Counter‑Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Act 2024.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3  Schedules

  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Criminal Code Act 1995

1  Subsection 119.2(6) of the Criminal Code

Omit “2024”, substitute “2027”.

2  At the end of section 119.3 of the Criminal Code

Add:

Sunset provision

 (9) This section ceases to have effect at the end of 7 September 2027.

Intelligence Services Act 2001

3  Paragraph 29(1)(bbaa)

Repeal the paragraph.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 27 March 2024

Senate on 13 August 2024]