Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (HOSTAGES) ACT 1989 - NOTES

This compilation was prepared on 24 May 2001
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 24 of 2001
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Note 1

The Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 26, 1989 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

(a) The Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989 was amended by the Schedule (Part 2) only of the Qantas Sale Act 1992, paragraph 2(3)(a) of which provides as follows:

(3) A Proclamation may fix a day that is earlier than the day on which the Proclamation is published in the Gazette but only if:

(a) in the case of sections 30, 31, 35, 37, 39, 43 and 50 and Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule—the day is not earlier than the substantial minority sale day;

(b) The Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989 was amended by section 31 only of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

(4) The amendments made by this Act to the Australian Federal Police Act 1979, the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 (other than the amendment made to Schedule 5 to that Act), the Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989, the Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976, the Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964, the Crimes (Superannuation Benefits) Act 1989, the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990, the Customs Act 1901, the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983, the Extradition Act 1988, the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 and to sections 23 and 59 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 commence on the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(c) The Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 45) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) Each item in Schedule 2 commences or is taken to have commenced (as the case requires) at the time specified in the note at the end of the item.

Item 45 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of the Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989.
The Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989 came into operation on 20 June 1990 (see Gazette 1990, No. S145).
(d) The Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 15 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, subsection 2(1)(a) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the later of the following times:

(a) immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000;

Item 15 commenced on 24 May 2001.

Table of Amendments

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 24, 2001)

4 Application of amendments

(1)

Subject to subsection (3), each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

(2)

For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.