Summary IAS - Penalties and Sentences (Sexual Offences) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

The Bill amends the Crimes at Sea Act 2001 to realign relevant provisions of the Act with provisions in the Commonwealth Crimes at Sea Act 2000. The amendments are machinery in nature, consequential to changes made to Commonwealth legislation, and do not result in a substantive change to regulatory policy or new impacts on business, government, or the community. The Bill also amends the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 to maintain the status quo for suspension notice powers, update terminology to enhance clarity, and correct cross-references. The amendments are machinery in nature and do not result in a substantive change to regulatory policy or new impacts on business, government, or the community.