Contents

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

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

3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

3A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 2

4............ Injunctions to restrain false claims about diplomatic or consular status or designated overseas mission status      2

5............ Removal of signs etc. .......................................................................... 6

6............ Certificates by Minister ..................................................................... 7

7............ Jurisdiction of the Court ..................................................................... 7

Notes                                                                                                                                               9

Notes to the Diplomatic and Consular Missions Act 1978

Note 1

The Diplomatic and Consular Missions Act 1978 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 98, 1978 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
Diplomatic and Consular Missions Act 1978	98, 1978	24 Aug 1978	24 Aug 1978
Overseas Missions (Privileges and Immunities) (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995	58, 1995	28 June 1995	28 June 1995	--
Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000	137, 2000	24 Nov 2000	Ss. 1‑3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 32): Royal Assent Remainder: 24 May 2001	Sch. 2 (items 418, 419)
Foreign Affairs and Trade Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	35, 2001	28 Apr 2001	26 May 2001	S. 4
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (item 251): 4 July 2008	--

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title......................................	am. No. 58, 1995
S. 3......................................	am. No. 58, 1995
S. 3A...................................	ad. No. 35, 2001
Heading to s. 4....................	am. No. 58, 1995
S. 4......................................	am. No. 58, 1995
S. 5......................................	am. No. 58, 1995; No. 137, 2000; No. 73, 2008
S. 6......................................	am. No. 58, 1995

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2 

418  Transitional--pre‑commencement offences

(1)        Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

                     (a)  an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (b)  proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (c)  any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2)        Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional--pre‑commencement notices

If:

                     (a)  a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

                     (b)  any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

                     (c)  the first‑mentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the first‑mentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

Foreign Affairs and Trade Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 35, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.