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Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a) by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph:

           "(ca) appeals by members against prescribed appointments, or prescribed promotions, of staff members in such circumstances as are prescribed, including action to be taken as a result of any such appeal;";

   (b) by inserting after paragraph (d) the following paragraph:

           "(daa) appeals by staff members against prescribed appointments, or prescribed promotions, of members in such circumstances as are prescribed, including action to be taken as a result of any such appeal;".

PART 3—AMENDMENTS OF THE CASH TRANSACTION REPORTS ACT 1988

Principal Act

20. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Cash Transaction Reports Act 19882.

Reports of suspect transactions

  21. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by inserting ", a customs officer (other than the Comptroller-General of Customs)" after "an AFP member" in the definition of "investigating officer" in subsection (6);

     (b) by adding at the end of paragraphs (a) and (c) of the definition of "relevant authority" in subsection (6) "or";

     (c) by adding at the end of the definition of "relevant authority" in subsection (6) the following paragraph:

      "(d) the Comptroller-General of Customs;".

Special provisions in relation to reports of suspect transactions

  22. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended:

  (a) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (a) "or";

     (b) by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

     "; or (d) where the officer is a customs officer—the Comptroller-General of Customs".

Access to CTR information

  23.  Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting from subsection (16) "State Drug Crime Commission of New South Wales" and substituting "New South Wales Crime Commission";

     (b) by omitting from paragraph (17) (d) "State Drug Crime Commission of New South Wales" and substituting "New South Wales Crime Commission".

PART 4—AMENDMENTS OF THE CRIMES ACT 1914

Principal Act

  24. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Crimes Act 19143.

Interpretation

25. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting ", staff member" after "a member" in paragraph (b) of the definition of "Commonwealth officer".

Pecuniary penalties—natural persons and bodies corporate

26. Section 4b of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

"(3a) Where an Act (whether enacted before or after the commencement of this subsection) confers power to make an instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws but not including a law of a Territory) and specifies the maximum pecuniary penalty that can be imposed for offences created by such an instrument, then:

     (a) unless the contrary intention appears, the specified penalty is taken to be the maximum penalty that the instrument can prescribe for