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CRIMES AMENDMENT (ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE) BILL 2010
2008-2009-2010
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying
Doctor Service) Bill 2010
No. , 2010
(Home Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914, and
for related purposes
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Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Crimes Act 1914
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Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying Doctor Service) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914, and
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for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying
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Doctor Service) Act 2010.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying Doctor Service) Bill 2010 No. , 2010 3
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Crimes Act 1914
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1 Subsection 85W(1)
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Omit "prescribed narcotic substance within the meaning of the Customs
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Act 1901", substitute "controlled drug, or a controlled plant, within the
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meaning of Part 9.1 of the Criminal Code".
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Note:
The heading to section 85W is altered by omitting "narcotic substances" and
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substituting "controlled drugs or controlled plants".
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2 At the end of section 85W
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Add:
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Exception--Medical Chest Program of the Royal Flying Doctor
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Service of Australia
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(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to conduct engaged in by
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a person if the person engages in the conduct:
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(a) for the purposes of, and in accordance with, the Medical
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Chest Program; and
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(b) in the course of duties, powers or functions performed or
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exercised by the person in the person's capacity as:
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(i) Australia Post or an employee of Australia Post; or
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(ii) the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia or an
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RFDSA employee or contractor.
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Note:
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in
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subsection (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
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(4) In this section:
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Medical Chest Program means the program known under that
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name (or another name determined by the Royal Flying Doctor
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Service of Australia) that is:
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(a) for the supply of packages of pharmaceutical products and
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medical supplies to remote locations across Australia; and
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(b) administered and operated by or on behalf of the Royal
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Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
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RFDSA employee or contractor means any of the following:
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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(a) an employee of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia;
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(b) any other person (an RFDSA contractor) that performs
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services for or on behalf of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
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of Australia;
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(c) a person who is employed by, or that performs services for or
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on behalf of, an RFDSA contractor.
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Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia means one or more of
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the following bodies corporate (including, if the name of the body
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changes, the body as operating under the changed name, and, to the
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extent that the body stops performing any of its functions, any
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body corporate responsible for performing the same, or
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substantially the same, functions):
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(a) the Australian Council of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of
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Australia;
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(b) the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Central
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Operations Incorporated;
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(c) the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Queensland
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Section);
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(d) the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (South Eastern
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Section);
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(e) the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Tasmanian
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Section);
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(f) the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Victorian
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Section);
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(g) the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Western
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Operations).
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3 Application of amendments
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(1)
The amendment made by item 1 applies in relation to conduct engaged
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in by a person on or after the day the item commences.
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(2)
The amendment made by item 2 applies, on and after the day the item
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commences, in relation to conduct engaged in by a person before, on or
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after that day.
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