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The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Court Security (Consequential 

Amendments) Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Attorney-General) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to make amendments 

consequential on the enactment of the Court 

Security Act 2013, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971

 

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A Bill for an Act to make amendments 

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consequential on the enactment of the Court 

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Security Act 2013, and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Court Security (Consequential 

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Amendments) Act 2013. 

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2  Commencement 

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(1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 

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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 

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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Commencement information 

Column 1 

Column 2 

Column 3 

Provision(s) 

Commencement 

Date/Details 

1.  Sections 1 to 3 

and anything in 

this Act not 

elsewhere covered 

by this table 

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 

 

2.  Schedule 1 

At the same time as section 3 of the Court 

Security Act 2013 commences. 

 

Note: 

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 

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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of 

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this Act. 

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(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. 

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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 

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may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 

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3  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

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Amendments 

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Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971 

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1  At the end of section 12 

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Add: 

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(6)  Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to Commonwealth 

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premises being used exclusively in connection with the sittings, or 

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any other operation, of a court as defined in the Court Security Act 

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2013. 

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Note: 

A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in 

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subsection (6) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code). 

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2  Part IIA (heading) 

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Omit "federal courts and tribunals", substitute "investigatory 

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authorities". 

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3  Section 13A (definition of authorised officer) 

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Omit ", in relation to a court,", substitute "for an investigatory 

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authority". 

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4  Section 13A (paragraph (b) of the definition of authorised 

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officer) 

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Omit "court" (wherever occurring), substitute "authority". 

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5  Section 13A 

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Insert: 

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authority premises for an investigatory authority means any 

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premises occupied or used (whether permanently or temporarily or 

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under a lease or otherwise) in connection with the sittings, or any 

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other operations, of the authority. 

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6  Section 13A (definition of court) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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7  Section 13A (definition of court premises) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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8  Section 13A 

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Insert: 

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investigatory authority means a tribunal, authority or person 

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having power under a law of the Commonwealth to require the 

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production of documents or the answering of questions. 

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9  Section 13AA 

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Repeal the section. 

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10  Section 13B 

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Omit "a court (as defined by section 13A)", substitute "an investigatory 

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authority". 

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11  Subsection 13C(1) 

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Omit "in relation to a court", substitute "for an investigatory authority". 

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12  Subsection 13C(1) 

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Omit "court premises", substitute "authority premises". 

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13  Subsection 13D(1) 

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Omit "in relation to a court", substitute "for an investigatory authority". 

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14  Paragraphs 13D(1)(a) and (b) 

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Omit "court premises", substitute "authority premises". 

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15  Subsection 13D(3) 

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Omit "in relation to the court", substitute "for the investigatory 

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authority". 

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16  Section 13E (heading) 

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Omit "court premises", substitute "authority premises". 

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17  Subsection 13E(1) 

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Omit "in relation to a court", substitute "for an investigatory authority". 

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18  Subsection 13E(1) 

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Omit "court premises" (wherever occurring), substitute "authority 

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premises". 

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19  Subsection 13E(2) 

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Omit "court premises", substitute "authority premises". 

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20  Subsection 13E(2) 

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Omit "in the court", substitute "in public by or before the investigatory 

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authority". 

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21  Paragraph 13E(3)(b) 

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Omit "court premises", substitute "authority premises". 

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22  Subsection 13E(4) 

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Omit "court premises", substitute "authority premises where a hearing 

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of proceedings is being held in public by or before the investigatory 

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authority concerned". 

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23  Section 13F (heading) 

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Omit "court premises", substitute "authority premises". 

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24  Section 13F 

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Omit "court premises", substitute "authority premises". 

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25  Subsection 13G(1) 

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Omit "or person in relation to the conduct of proceedings in a court or 

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the regulation of the conduct of people on court premises", substitute ", 

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tribunal, authority or person in relation to the conduct of proceedings by 

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or before an investigatory authority or the regulation of the conduct of 

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people on authority premises". 

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26  Subsection 13G(2) 

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Omit "a court in relation to contempt of the court or any other similar 

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power", substitute "an investigatory authority that is like a power of a 

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court in relation to contempt of the court". 

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