Court Security Regulation 2005 (NSW)

1Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Court Security Regulation 2005.

2Commencement

This Regulation commences on 9 January 2006.

3Definition

In this Regulation:

the Act means the Court Security Act 2005.

4Definition of “court”: sec 4 (1)

The Victims Compensation Tribunal is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (n) of the definition of court in section 4 (1) of the Act.

5Prescribed containers for exhibits that are restricted items: sec 8 (2) (a) (ii)

A bag or container is prescribed for the purposes of section 8 (2) (a) (ii) of the Act if:

• (a)

  the insignia of the Sheriff is printed on the bag or container in a conspicuous position, and

• (b)

  the bag or container is issued by a court security officer.

6Permissible uses of recording devices: sec 9 (2) (e)

The use of recording devices in any of the following circumstances is prescribed for the purposes of section 9 (2) (e) of the Act:

• (a)

  the use of recording devices in the court premises of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal with the approval of the registrar of the Tribunal,

• (b)

  the use of recording devices in the court premises of the Local Court with the approval of the relevant registrar of the Local Court.

7Prescribed form of identification for security officers: sec 21 (3)

The prescribed form for a certificate of identification referred to in section 21 (3) of the Act for a security officer appointed under section 21 (1) (b) of the Act is Form 1 in Schedule 1.

8Penalty notice offences and penalties: sec 29(1)

For the purposes of section 29 of the Act:

• (a)

  each offence created by a provision specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2 is an offence for which a penalty notice may be served, and

• (b)

  the penalty prescribed for each such offence is the amount specified opposite the provision in Column 2 of that Schedule.

(2)

If the reference to a provision in Column 1 of Schedule 2 is qualified by words that restrict its operation to specified kinds of offences, an offence created by the provision is a prescribed offence only if it is an offence of a kind so specified or committed in the circumstances so specified.

Schedule 1FormsForm 1Certificate of identification

(Clause 7)

(Court Security Act 2005, section 21 (3))

I, the Sheriff of New South Wales, certify that the holder of this certificate:

[Insert name of security officer]

whose photograph, *name/authority number and signature appear below, is a security officer for the purposes of the Court Security Act 2005 who is authorised to exercise in court premises the powers of a security officer under that Act.

[Insert Name or Authority number]

*Name/Authority number

[affix photograph here]

Signature of security officer

Signature of Sheriff

*Omit either name or authority number, as required

Schedule 2Penalty notice offences

(Clause 8)

Column 1	Column 2
Provision	Penalty ($)
Offences under the Act
Section 7A (2)	110
Section 10 (4)	110
Section 11 (3)	110
Section 15 (2)	110