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NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY AMENDMENT ACT 1999 NO. 195, 1999 - SCHEDULE 1

- Amendment of the National Crime Authority Act 1984

1 Subsection 55A(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(2)
It is also declared to be the intention of the Parliament that, in addition to the powers, functions and duties (the Commonwealth powers, functions and duties ) conferred or imposed on the Authority or the Judges of the Federal Court by this or any other Act:

(a)
the Authority, or those Judges, may, except as otherwise declared by the regulations, have conferred or imposed on it or them, by a law of a State, powers, functions and duties (the State powers, functions and duties ) of the same kinds as the Commonwealth powers, functions and duties; and

(b)
the State powers, functions and duties may relate to the investigation of any relevant criminal activity, whether or not the Commonwealth powers, functions and duties relate to the investigation of that activity.


[ Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 24 November 1999
Senate on 9 December 1999 ]
(219/99)



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