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CRIMES (TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES) ACT 1990 - NOTES



Compilation Information

Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 Act No. 97 of 1990 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 13 January 2003
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 141 of 2002
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



CRIMES (TRAFFIC IN
NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES) ACT 1990
Notes to the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990

Note 1

The Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 97, 1990 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act


Number
and year


Date
of Assent


Date of commencement


Application, saving or transitional provisions


Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990


97, 1990


29 Nov 1990


14 Feb 1993 (see Gazette 1993, No. GN4)



Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Amendment Act 1992


77, 1992


26 June 1992


(a)



Qantas Sale Act 1992


196, 1992


21 Dec 1992


Schedule (Part 2): 10 Mar 1993 (see Gazette 1993, No. GN17) (b)



Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1994


182, 1994


19 Dec 1994


S. 31: 16 Jan 1994 (c)



Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001


24, 2001


6 Apr 2001


S. 4(1), (2) and Schedule 20: (d)


S. 4(1), (2)


Crimes Legislation Amendment (People Smuggling, Firearms Trafficking and Other Measures) Act 2002


141, 2002


19 Dec 2002


Schedules 1, 2 and Schedule 3 (items 1-22, 24-26): 16 Jan 2003
Schedule 3 (item 23): 1 Jan 2003 (see s. 2(1) (item 4) and Gazette 2002, No. GN44)
Remainder: Royal Assent



(a) 2. This Act commences immediately after the commencement of the Principal Act.

The Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 commenced on 14 February 1993 (see Gazette 1993, No. GN4)

(b) The Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 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; and

(c) The Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 was amended by section 31 only of the Crimes and Other Legislation 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.

(d) The Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 20 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

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted


Provision affected


How affected


S. 3


am. Nos. 77 and 196, 1992; No. 24, 2001


S. 4A


ad. No. 24, 2001


S. 6


am. No. 77, 1992; No. 24, 2001


S. 8A


ad. No. 77, 1992


Ss. 9-15


am. No. 24, 2001


Heading to s. 15A


am. No. 24, 2001


S. 15A


ad. No. 77, 1992



am. No. 24, 2001


Heading to s. 15B


am. No. 24, 2001


S. 15B


ad. No. 77, 1992



am. No. 24, 2001


Heading to s. 15C


am. No. 24, 2001


S. 15C


ad. No. 77, 1992



am. No. 24, 2001


S. 17


am. No. 24, 2001


S. 20


rs. No. 182, 1994


S. 22


ad. No. 77, 1992


Schedule 3


am. No. 141, 2002


Table A
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.