Meaning of disqualifying offence
6 Meaning of disqualifying offence
In this part:
disqualifying offence means—
an offence against any of the following:
a provision of the Crimes Act 1900 mentioned in schedule 1;
a provision of this Act mentioned in schedule 2;
the Crimes Act 1900, section 114B (Money laundering);
the Criminal Code, chapter 6 (Serious drug offences); or
A reference to an offence against a Territory law includes a reference to a related ancillary offence, eg attempt (see Legislation Act, s 189).
an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory corresponding to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a); or
an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory corresponding to a provision of the Criminal Code, part 2.4 (Extensions of criminal responsibility) or section 717 (Accessory after the fact) in relation to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a); or
an offence against the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth), section 232A (Organising bringing groups of non-citizens into Australia), section 233 (1) (about bringing etc non-citizens into Australia in contravention of the Act) or section 233A (Other offences relating to groups of non-citizens etc); or
an offence against a Commonwealth law corresponding to a provision of the Criminal Code, part 2.4 (Extensions of criminal responsibility) or section 717 (Accessory after the fact) in relation to an offence mentioned in paragraph (d); or
an offence against a law of a foreign country of a kind mentioned in schedule 3.
To remove any doubt, this section applies to offences committed before or after the commencement of this section.
Division 2.2 Register and notices
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