Contents

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

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

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

4............ Extension to external Territories ......................................................... 1

5............ Extra‑territorial operation of Act ........................................................ 1

6............ Act binds the Crown .......................................................................... 1

6A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 2

7............ Ratification of Convention ................................................................. 2

8............ Restriction on development etc. of certain biological agents and toxins and biological weapons             2

9............ Forfeiture and seizure ......................................................................... 2

10.......... Prosecutions ....................................................................................... 3

11.......... Jurisdiction of courts .......................................................................... 4

12.......... Evidence of analyst ............................................................................. 4

13.......... Regulations ......................................................................................... 5

Schedule--Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production And Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction             6

Notes                                                                                                                                             11

An Act relating to the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of certain Biological Agents and Toxins and of Weapons for their Delivery

Notes to the Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976

Note 1

The Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 11, 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 (Biological Weapons) Act 1976	11, 1977	28 Feb 1977	Ss. 1-3 and 7: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Mar 1980 (see Gazette 1980, No. S33)
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 1992	164, 1992	11 Dec 1992	Part 1 (ss. 1, 2) and Parts 3-11 (ss. 18-53): 8 Jan 1993 Remainder: 1 Feb 1993 (see Gazette 1993, No. GN1)	--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	24, 2001	6 Apr 2001	S. 4(1), (2) and Schedule 12: (a)	S. 4(1) and (2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (items 208-212): 4 July 2008	--

(a)     The Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976 was amended by Schedule 12 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. 6A...................................	ad. No. 24, 2001
S. 9......................................	am. No. 155, 1979; No. 70, 1980; No. 73, 2008
S. 10....................................	am. No. 24, 2001; No. 73, 2008
S. 12....................................	am. No. 164, 1992; No. 73, 2008
S. 13....................................	am. No. 73, 2008

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.