National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Application) Act 2005
No. 27, 2005
An Act to amend the National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004, and for related purposes
Contents
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendment of the National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004
National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Application) Act 2005
No. 27, 2005
An Act to amend the National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004, and for related purposes
[Assented to 21 March 2005]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Application) Act 2005.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004
1 Section 6
Repeal the section, substitute:
6 Application of Act
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies to a federal criminal proceeding, whether begun before, on or after the day on which this section commences, if the prosecutor gives notice in writing to the defendant and the court that this Act applies to the proceeding.
(2) If the prosecutor gives the notice after the proceeding begins, this Act only applies to the parts of the proceeding that take place after the notice is given.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 9 February 2005
Senate on 7 March 2005]
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