Crimes Legislation Amendment (Harming Australians) Act 2015 (163 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Criminal Code Act 1995

12   After subsection 115.2(1) of the Criminal Code

Insert:

(1A) If the conduct constituting an offence against subsection (1) was engaged in before 1 October 2002, the offence is punishable on conviction by:

(a) if, at the time the conduct was engaged in, the offence mentioned in paragraph (1)(e) was punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term of less than 25 years - a maximum penalty of imprisonment for a term of not more than that term; or

(b) otherwise - a maximum penalty of imprisonment for a term of not more than 25 years.

(1B) If the conduct constituting an offence against subsection (1) was engaged in on or after 1 October 2002, the offence is punishable on conviction by a maximum penalty of imprisonment for a term of not more than 25 years.