Contents

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

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

2A......... Purposes of Act .................................................................................. 1

3............ Application ......................................................................................... 1

4............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 2

5............ Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 2

6............ Special defence undertakings .............................................................. 2

7............ Prohibited areas .................................................................................. 3

8............ Minister may declare prohibited areas ............................................... 3

8A......... Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap ......................................................... 4

9............ Unlawful entry etc. ............................................................................. 4

10.......... Officer in charge .................................................................................. 5

11.......... Permits ................................................................................................ 5

12.......... Compliance with directions of officer in charge ................................. 6

13.......... Sabotage .............................................................................................. 6

14.......... Restricted areas ................................................................................... 7

15.......... Orders ................................................................................................. 7

16.......... Procedure in emergency ...................................................................... 7

17.......... Use of cameras etc. ............................................................................. 8

18.......... Sea and air traffic ................................................................................ 8

19.......... Suspension etc. of licences and certificates ........................................ 8

20.......... Search of persons in or entering prohibited areas ............................... 9

21.......... Search and detention of aircraft .......................................................... 9

22.......... Power to arrest ................................................................................... 9

23.......... Arrest of suspected persons ............................................................. 10

25.......... Forfeiture of articles etc. ................................................................... 10

26.......... No action against Commonwealth .................................................... 10

27.......... Application of Approved Defence Projects Protection Act ............ 11

28.......... Prosecution of offences .................................................................... 11

29.......... Punishment of offences .................................................................... 11

31.......... Hearing in camera etc. ....................................................................... 12

32.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 12

Notes                                                                                                                                             13

 

 

Notes to the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952

Note 1

The Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 19, 1952 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 24 November 2000 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952	19, 1952	10 June 1952	10 June 1952
Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966	93, 1966	29 Oct 1966	S. 7: 18 Mar 1971 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1971, p. 2003) Remainder: 1 Dec 1966	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Jurisdiction of Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1979	19, 1979	28 Mar 1979	Parts II-XVII (ss. 3-123): 15 May 1979 (see Gazette 1979, No. S86) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 124
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1979	155, 1979	28 Nov 1979	19 Oct 1979 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 1979, No. S206)	S. 2(2)
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1980	70, 1980	28 May 1980	28 May 1980	--
Public Service Reform Act 1984	63, 1984	25 June 1984	S. 152(1): 20 July 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S276) (a)	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (b)	--
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985	193, 1985	16 Dec 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (c)	S. 16
Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988	99, 1988	2 Dec 1988	2 Dec 1988	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (item 383): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (d)	--
Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000	137, 2000	24 Nov 2000	Ss. 1-3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 32): Royal Assent Remainder: 24 May 2001	Sch. 2 (items 418, 419) [see Table A]
Defence Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	141, 2001	1 Oct 2001	S. 4: Royal Assent Schedule 1 (items 98-105): 15 Dec 2001	S. 4 [see Table A] S. 2(2) (am. by 135, 2003, Sch. 2 (item 28))
as amended by
Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2003	135, 2003	17 Dec 2003	Schedule 2 (item 28): (e)	--
Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2005	121, 2005	6 Oct 2005	Schedule 5: (f) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Defence Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009	18, 2009	26 Mar 2009	Schedule 3: 27 Mar 2009 Schedule 4: Royal Assent	--

(a)     The Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 was amended by subsection 152(1) only of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

                 (4)   The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.

(b)    The Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985, paragraph 2(15)(b) of which provides as follows:

               (15)   The amendments of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation:

                              (b)   in the case of the other amendments--on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which that Act received the Royal Assent.

(d)     The Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 383) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(e)     Subsection 2(1) (item 9) of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2003 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
9.  Schedule 2, item 28	Immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the Defence Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	1 October 2001

(f)      Subsection 2(1) (item 3) of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2005 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
3.  Schedule 5	Immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.	1 January 2005

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 2A...................................	ad. No. 18, 2009
S. 3......................................	am. No. 216, 1973
S. 4......................................	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 155, 1979; No. 70, 1980; No. 63, 1984; No. 65, 1985; No. 146, 1999; No. 18, 2009
S. 5......................................	rep. No. 216, 1973
	ad. No. 141, 2001
S. 6......................................	am. No. 18, 2009
S. 7......................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 18, 2009
S. 8......................................	am. No. 18, 2009
S. 8A...................................	ad. No. 18, 2009
S. 9......................................	am. No. 65, 1985
	rep. No. 141, 2001
S. 10....................................	am. No. 18, 2009
S. 11....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 141, 2001; No. 18, 2009
S. 12....................................	am. No. 65, 1985 (as am. by No. 193, 1985)
	rs. No. 141, 2001
S. 13....................................	am. No. 65, 1985
	rs. No. 141, 2001
S. 14....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 18, 2009
S. 15....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 99, 1988; No. 121, 2005
Ss. 16, 17............................	am. No. 65, 1985
	rs. No. 141, 2001
S. 18....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 18, 2009
S. 19....................................	am. No. 65, 1985
Ss. 20, 21............................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 18, 2009
S. 23....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 141, 2001
S. 24....................................	am. No. 65, 1985
	rep. No. 137, 2000
S. 26....................................	am. No. 18, 2009
S. 27....................................	am. No. 65, 1985
S. 28....................................	am. No. 18, 2009
S. 29....................................	am. No. 93, 1966
	rs. No. 65, 1985
S. 30....................................	am. No. 216, 1973
	rep. No. 19, 1979
S. 31....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 141, 2001; No. 18, 2009
S. 32....................................	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 65, 1985

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418  Transitional--pre‑commencement offences

(1)        Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

                     (a)  an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (b)  proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (c)  any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2)        Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional--pre‑commencement notices

If:

                     (a)  a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

                     (b)  any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

                     (c)  the first‑mentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the first‑mentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

Defence Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001
(No. 141, 2000)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  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.