EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the authority of the Attorney-General
Proclamation of Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Interception and Other Measures) Act 2005
The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Interception and Other Measures) Act 2005 (Amending Act) amended the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 (the Act) to insert a new paragraph 6K(c) which provides the power to prescribe by regulation such Commonwealth, State or Territory forfeiture legislation required to be included in the interception regime for the purposes of defining ‘proceeding’ under paragraph 5B(b) of the Act.
Items 3 and 8 of the table at subsection 2(1) of the Amending Act provides that sections 1, 2 and 9 of Schedule 2 to that Amending Act commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. If any of these provisions do not commence within a period of six months from the day the Act receives the Royal Assent, they will commence on the first day after the end of that period. The Act received the Royal Assent on 6 July 2005.
The purpose of the proposed Proclamation is to fix 17 December 2005 as the day on which items 1, 2 and 9 of Schedule 2 of the Amending Act commence. This date has been chosen so that the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1) will take effect on the same day.