ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES CONVENTION ACT 1998

This compilation was prepared on 27 December 2011
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 46 of 2011

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

Part 1--Introduction 1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Simplified outline ................................................................................ 1

4............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 2

5............ Crown to be bound ............................................................................. 3

6............ External Territories .............................................................................. 4

Part 2--Offences relating to anti-personnel mines 5

7............ Offence to place, possess, develop, produce, acquire, stockpile or transfer anti-personnel mines 5

8............ Defence Minister may grant permission to retain anti-personnel mines for the development of, and training in, mine detection techniques etc. ...................................................................... 6

9............ Offence not to deliver up anti-personnel mines ................................... 7

10.......... Destruction or deactivation of anti-personnel mines ............................ 8

11.......... Forfeiture of anti-personnel mines ...................................................... 8

Part 3--Powers of fact-finding missions 10

12.......... Appointment of inspectors ................................................................ 10

13.......... Conditions of appointment as an inspector ........................................ 11

14.......... Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance ................ 12

15.......... Inspector must produce identity card on request ............................... 12

16.......... General powers of inspectors in relation to premises ........................ 12

17.......... Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc. ................................... 13

18.......... Announcement before entry .............................................................. 13

19.......... Occupier entitled to be present during search .................................... 14

20.......... Monitoring warrants ......................................................................... 14

21.......... Offences relating to warrants ............................................................ 15

Part 4--Information-gathering powers 16

22.......... Minister may obtain information and documents from persons ........ 16

23.......... Copying documents--reasonable compensation ............................... 16

24.......... Self-incrimination .............................................................................. 17

25.......... Giving false or misleading information ............................................. 17

26.......... Provision of false or misleading documents ...................................... 17

27.......... Copies of documents ......................................................................... 18

28.......... Minister may retain documents ......................................................... 18

Part 5--Miscellaneous 19

29.......... Delegation by Minister or Defence Minister ..................................... 19

30.......... Privileges and immunities ................................................................. 20

31.......... Powers to be exercised in accordance with Convention .................... 20

32.......... Offences ............................................................................................ 20

33.......... Compensation for acquisition of property ......................................... 20

34.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 21

Schedule 1--Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 22

Notes 41

Notes to the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998

Note 1

The Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 126, 1998 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998	126, 1998	21 Dec 1998	1 July 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S288)
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 98, 99): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (a)	--
as amended by
Statute Law Revision Act 2002	63, 2002	3 July 2002	Schedule 2 (items 18, 19): (aa)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 5 (items 10-15), Schedule 6 (items 5, 6) and Schedule 7 (item 17): 19 Apr 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 73, 74) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11)

(a) The Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Act 1998 was amended by the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(aa) The Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 18 and 19) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 2002, subsection 2(1) (items 47 and 48) of which provides as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
47. Schedule 2, item 18	Immediately after the time specified in the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 for the commencement of item 98 of Schedule 1 to that Act	5 December 1999
48. Schedule 2, item 19	Immediately after the time specified in the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 for the commencement of item 99 of Schedule 1 to that Act	5 December 1999

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S. 4......................................	am. No. 5, 2011
Part 2
Heading to s. 8..................	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 8......................................	am. No. 5, 2011
Note to s. 8(1)....................	am. No. 46, 2011
Part 3
Ss. 12, 13............................	am. No. 5, 2011
Notes to s. 13(3), (4).........	am. No. 46, 2011
Part 5
Heading to s. 29................	am. No. 5, 2011
Subhead. to s. 29(3)..........	am. No. 5, 2011
S. 29....................................	am. No. 146, 1999 (as am. by No. 63, 2002); No. 5, 2011

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES CONVENTION ACT 1998 - NOTES