Crimes (Amount of a Penalty Unit) Instrument 2026
I, Michelle Rowland, Attorney‑General, make the following instrument.
Dated 15 June 2026
Michelle Rowland
Attorney‑General
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Amount of a penalty unit
1 Name
This instrument is the Crimes (Amount of a Penalty Unit) Instrument 2026.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument 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 | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | 1 July 2026. | 1 July 2026 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 4AA(1A) of the Crimes Act 1914.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Crimes Act 1914.
5 Amount of a penalty unit
For the purposes of subsection 4AA(1A) of the Act, the amount of a penalty unit is $364.
Note: The amount of a penalty unit in this section:
(a) is the result of indexation under subsection 4AA(3) of the Act; and
(b) only applies to offences committed on or after 1 July 2026 (see subsection 4AA(8) of the Act).