Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

3A......... Extended meaning of internationally protected person ....................... 2

4............ Extension of Act to Territories ............................................................ 3

5............ Extraterritorial operation of Act ........................................................... 3

6............ Effect of this Act on other laws ........................................................... 3

6A......... Application of the Criminal Code ....................................................... 4

7............ Ratification of Convention .................................................................. 4

8............ Offences .............................................................................................. 4

10.......... Liability to prosecution ........................................................................ 7

11.......... Taking offenders into custody ............................................................. 7

12.......... Prosecutions ........................................................................................ 9

13.......... Evidence of matters relating to Convention ....................................... 10

14.......... Certificates by Foreign Affairs Minister ........................................... 10

15.......... Jurisdiction of courts ......................................................................... 10

16.......... Section 38 of Judiciary Act ............................................................... 11

Schedule--Convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against internationally protected persons, including diplomatic agents                                                     12

Notes                                                                                                                                              19

An Act relating to the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents

Notes to the Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976

Note 1

The Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 8, 1977 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 (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976	8, 1977	28 Feb 1977	S. 11: 20 July 1977 (see Gazette 1977, No. S145) Remainder: Royal Assent
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1979	155, 1979	28 Nov 1979	19 Oct 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1979, No.S206)		--
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1980	70, 1980	28 May 1980	28 May 1980		--
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1987	120, 1987	16 Dec 1987	Ss. 11, 14, 74 and 75: 1 Mar 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S54) Ss. 16-18, 69(b) and 70-73: 19 Dec 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S384) Parts II (ss. 3-9), VI and VII (ss 30-33), Ss. 34-46, 48-55 and 59: Royal Assent S. 47: 1 Jan 1990 (see Gazette 1989, No. S359) Ss. 56-58: 16 Dec 1987 (see s. 2(4)) Ss. 60-67: 1 Sept 1988 (see s. 2(5)) Remainder: 13 Jan 1988		--
Civil Aviation Act 1988	63, 1988	15 June 1988	Part III (ss. 17-32), s. 98, Parts IX and X (ss. 99-103): 1 July 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S189) Remainder: Royal Assent		--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1989	11, 1990	17 Jan 1990	Part I (ss. 1, 2), Part 3 (ss. 6, 7) and ss. 12, 13 and 51(1)(b), (2): Royal Assent Ss. 8-10: 17 July 1990 Remainder: 14 Feb 1990		--
Qantas Sale Act 1992	196, 1992	21 Dec 1992	Schedule (Part 2): 10 Mar 1993 (see Gazette 1993, No. GN17) (a)		--
Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1994	182, 1994	19 Dec 1994	S. 31: 16 Jan 1995 (b)		--
Overseas Missions (Privileges and Immunities) (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995	58, 1995	28 June 1995	28 June 1995		--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	24, 2001	6 Apr 2001	S. 4(1), (2) and Schedule 16: (c)		S. 4(1), (2)
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act (No. 2) 2010	4, 2010	19 Feb 2010	Schedule 10 (item 10): 20 Feb 2010		--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 5 (items 69, 70): 19 Apr 2011		--

(a)     The Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976 was amended by the Schedule (Part 2) only of the Qantas Sale Act 1992, subsection 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

(b)     The Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976 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 (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976 was amended by Schedule 16 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. No. 120, 1987; No. 63, 1988; No. 196, 1992; No. 58, 1995; No. 5, 2011
S. 3A...................................	ad. No. 58, 1995
S. 6......................................	am. No. 120, 1987
S. 6A...................................	ad. No. 24, 2001
S. 8......................................	am. No. 120, 1987; No. 11, 1990; No. 24, 2001; No. 4, 2010
S. 9......................................	rep. No. 120, 1987
S. 11....................................	am. No. 155, 1979; No. 70, 1980; No. 120, 1987
S. 12....................................	am. No. 120, 1987
S. 13....................................	rs. No. 182, 1994
	am. No. 5, 2011
Heading to s. 14................	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 14....................................	rs. No. 182, 1994
	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 17....................................	am. No. 120, 1987
	rep. No. 58, 1995

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.