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ANTI-TERRORISM ACT (NO. 2) 2005 - NOTES

Act No. 144 of 2005 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 18 December 2006

[This Act was amended by Act No. 170 of 2006]

Amendments from Act No. 170 of 2006

[Schedule 1 (items 2-11) amended subsection 2(1) (items 8, 10, 11, and 13-19)

[Schedule 1 (items 2-11) commenced immediately after 14 December 2005]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 4

4............ Review of anti‑terrorism laws............................................................ 4

Schedule 1--Definition of terrorist organisation etc.                                          5

Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978                                      5

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                             5

Customs Act 1901                                                                                                         9

Schedule 2--Technical amendments                                                                           10

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                           10

Schedule 3--Financing terrorism                                                                                  11

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                           11

Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988                                                              12

Schedule 4--Control orders and preventative detention orders                 13

Part 1--Control orders and preventative detention orders                              13

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                           13

Part 2--Consequential amendments                                                                       100

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977                                      100

Schedule 5--Powers to stop, question and search persons in relation to terrorist acts       101

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                        101

Schedule 6--Power to obtain information and documents                            111

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                        111

Schedule 7--Sedition                                                                                                         118

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                        118

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                         118

Migration Act 1958                                                                                                  124

Surveillance Devices Act 2004                                                                              124

Schedule 8--Optical surveillance devices at airports and on board aircraft              125

Aviation Transport Security Act 2004                                                                  125

Schedule 9--Financial transaction reporting                                                        127

Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988                                                            127

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002                                                                                   140

Surveillance Devices Act 2004                                                                              140

Schedule 10--ASIO powers etc.                                                                                  141

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979                                 141

Customs Act 1901                                                                                                     145

Customs Administration Act 1985                                                                         146

Migration Act 1958                                                                                                  146


[Assented to 14 December 2005]

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