Australian Capital Territory
Crime Prevention Powers Act 1998     No 21
Republication No 1
Republication date: 16 November 2001
Last amendment made by Act 2001 No 63
Amendments incorporated to 27 September 2001

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Crime Prevention Powers Act 1998 as in force on 16 November 2001.  It includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 27 September 2001 and any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
When preparing the authorised version of this republication amendments were made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Amendments incorporated to
27 September 2001

Australian Capital Territory
Crime Prevention Powers Act 1998

Contents
	Page
	1	Short title	1
	3	Definitions for Act	1
	4	Move-on powers	2
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	4
	2	Abbreviation key	4
	3	Legislation history	5
	4	Amendment history	5

Amendments incorporated to
27 September 2001

Australian Capital Territory
Crime Prevention Powers Act 1998

An Act relating to crime prevention

    

1	Short title
This Act may be cited as the Crime Prevention Powers Act 1998.
3	Definitions for Act
In this Act:
Note	A definition applies except so far as the contrary intention appears (see Legislation Act 2001, s 155).
public place means any street, road, public park or reserve or any building, premises or other place which the public are entitled to use or which is open to, or used by, the public, whether on payment of money or otherwise.
violent conduct means—
	(a)	violence to, or intimidation of, a person; or
	(b)	damage to property.
4	Move-on powers
	(1)		This section applies if there are reasonable grounds for a police officer to believe that a person in a public place has engaged, or is likely to engage, in violent conduct in that place.
	(2)	The police officer may direct the person to leave the vicinity of the public place.
	(3)	The direction may be made subject to either or both of the following conditions:
	(a)	if the police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the person is likely to engage in violent conduct while, or immediately after, leaving the vicinity by a particular route—that the person leave the vicinity by a different route (whether the route is stated or unstated);
	(b)	that the person not return to the vicinity for a stated period of not longer than 6 hours.
	(4)	A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a direction (including a condition of a direction) given to the person under subsection (2).
Maximum penalty:  2 penalty units.
	(5)	This section does not apply in relation to a person who, whether in the company of other people or not, is—
	(a)	picketing a place of employment; or
	(b)	demonstrating or protesting about a particular issue; or
	(c)	speaking, bearing or otherwise identifying with a banner, placard or sign or otherwise behaving in a way that is apparently intended to publicise the person’s view about a particular issue.

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnotes.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
If the republished law includes penalties, current information about penalty unit values appears on the republication inside front cover.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	p = page	
cl = clause	par = paragraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	prov = provision	
div = division	pt = part	
exp = expires/expired	r = rule/subrule	
Gaz = Gazette	reg = regulation/subregulation	
hdg = heading	renum = renumbered	
ins = inserted/added	reloc = relocated	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	R[X] = Republication No	
LR = legislation register	s = section/subsection	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sch = schedule	
mod = modified / modification	sdiv = subdivision	
No = number	sub = substituted	
o = order	SL  = Subordinate Law	
om = omitted/repealed	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
3	Legislation history
Crime Prevention Powers Act 1998 No 21
notified 10 July 1998 (Gaz 1998 No S190)
commenced 10 July 1998 (s 2)
as amended by
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 44 pt 89
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 89 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and Gaz 2001 No S65)
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2001 No 63 pt 3
notified 10 September 2001 (Gaz 2001 No S66)
s 1, s 2 commenced 10 September 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 3 commenced 27 September 2001 (s 2 (2) and CN 2001 No 3)
4	Amendment history
Commencement
s 2	om 2001 No 44 amdt 1.992
Move-on powers
s 4	sub 2001 No 63 s 10

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