Crimes (Amount of Penalty Unit) Instrument 2023

I, Mark Dreyfus KC, Attorney‑General, make the following instrument.

Dated              28 June  2023

Mark Dreyfus KC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Amount of penalty unit

1  Name

  This instrument is the Crimes (Amount of Penalty Unit) Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

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

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 4AA(1A) of the Crimes Act 1914.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Act means the Crimes Act 1914.

5  Amount of penalty unit

  The amount of a penalty unit is $313.

Note 1: This amount is the result of indexation under subsection 4AA(3) of the Act.

Note 2: Subsection 4AA(8) of the Act has the effect that the indexed amount will only apply to offences committed on or after 1 July 2023.