Criminal Law - Current and Recent Consultations
The Criminal Law Branch supports the Minister for Home Affairs in undertaking consultations on a range of law reform and policy initiatives on matters within the Branch’s responsibilities. Links to current and recent proposals that are the subject of public consultation are set out below.
Current Consultations
- Draft Model Spent Convictions Bill
On 6 November 2008, the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General released the draft Model Spent Convictions Bill and consultation paper on the Model Bill.
Access to the draft model Bill and the consultation paper can be found below:
- Model Spent Convictions Bill – Draft consultation paper [DOC 56KB]
- Model Spent Convictions Bill – Draft consultation paper [PDF 40KB]
If you have difficulty downloading any of the documents on this page, please email Criminal.Law@ag.gov.au
Submissions on any aspect of the draft Bill are invited.
Recent Consultations
- Nil
Submissions
Submissions are sought on all proposals that are the subject of current consultations.
If you wish to have receipt of your submission acknowledged, please indicate this in your submission.
Please also note that all submissions will be treated as confidential unless you indicate in your submission that you are happy for it to be made public or provided to third parties who request non confidential submissions.
All submissions should be emailed to Criminal.Law@ag.gov.au.
If you wish to send a hard copy submission, this should be addressed to:
Assistant Secretary
Criminal Law Branch
Attorney-General’s Department
Robert Garran Offices
National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600