Implementation
ALRC 33
The Commission's recommendations for the repeal of Imperial legislation and its replacement with federal legislation containing a modern jurisdiction over maritime disputes was implemented by the Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth), which came into operation on 1 January 1989.
ALRC 48
The Crimes (Ships and Platforms) Act 1992 (Cth) followed the ALRC's recommendation that effect be given to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms.
The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1992 (Cth) implemented the ALRC's recommendations on piracy.
The Criminal Code Amendment (Slavery and Sexual Servitude) Act 1999 (Cth) was passed in August 1999. The offences in the Act, which are directed at slavery, sexual servitude, and deceptive recruiting, are based on model provisions developed by the Model Criminal Code Officers' Committee, which in turn were based upon recommendations in ALRC 48.
In addition to implementing the report's recommendations, this Act ratified Australia's international obligations under a wide range of international instruments to prohibit servitude and the trafficking in persons for the purposes of sexual servitude. These include the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women 1979; the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child; and the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.