Bill
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Justice portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Justice
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-12-06
- second reading — 2017-12-06
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-12-06.
The bill would rewrite Australia's foreign bribery law to make prosecutions easier.
It would replace the current offence with one that focuses on whether a bribe improperly influenced a foreign official, removing the need to prove the bribe or advantage was not legitimately due.
The new offence would also apply to bribes for personal advantages, such as visas or honours, not just business advantages.
- Replaces the existing foreign bribery offence with a new one based on improper influence.
- Removes the requirement that the bribe and business advantage must not be legitimately due.
- Extends the offence to cover bribes for personal advantages.
People and companies that could be charged with bribing foreign public officials.
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