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CRIMES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 14

STATUTORY RULES 1997 NO. 14

ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE

Crimes Act 1914

Crimes Regulations (Amendment)

Section 91 of the Crimes Act 1914 (the Crimes Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with that Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by that Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to that Act.

The Crimes Regulations (Amendment) (the Regulations) will amend Regulation 6 of the Regulations by adding a new paragraph 6 (1)(g).

The Regulations arise as a result of the enactment of the New South Wales Home Detention Act 1996, which comes into force on 21 February 1997.

Section 20AB of the Crimes Act enables prescribed State or Territory sentences or orders to apply to federal offenders as alternatives to imprisonment. The proposed Regulations will prescribe home detention orders made under the New South Wales Home Detention Act 1996 as an alternative to imprisonment for federal offenders sentenced in New South Wales.

Details of the Regulations are:

Regulation 1: This regulation provides that the regulations will commence on 21 February 1997.

Regulation 2: This regulation provides that the Crimes Regulations are amended by these Regulations.

Regulation 3: Section 20AB of the Crimes Act enables prescribed State or Territory sentences or orders to apply to federal offenders as alternatives to imprisonment. This regulation amends regulation 6 of the Crimes Regulations, by adding a new paragraph 6(g), which prescribes home detention orders made under the New South Wales Home Detention Act 1996 as an alternative to imprisonment for federal offenders sentenced in New South Wales.