Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Act 2024

No. 77, 2024

An Act to amend the law relating to counter-terrorism, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title 1

2 Commencement 2

3 Schedules 2

Schedule 1—Amendments 3

Criminal Code Act 1995 3

Intelligence Services Act 2001 3

Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Act 2024

No. 77, 2024

An Act to amend the law relating to counter-terrorism, and for related purposes

[Assented to 2 September 2024]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title

This Act is the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Act 2024.
2 Commencement 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.
Commencement information Commencement information Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this Act The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3 September 2024

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 2

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Amendments

Criminal Code Act 1995

 1 Subsection 119.2(6) of the Criminal Code

Omit “2024”, substitute “2027”.

 2 At the end of section 119.3 of the Criminal Code

Add:

Sunset provision

Intelligence Services Act 2001

 9

This section ceases to have effect at the end of 7 September 2027.

 3 Paragraph 29(1)(bbaa)

Repeal the paragraph.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 27 March 2024

Senate on 13 August 2024]

(36/24)