Crimes Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1) (Cth)

Crimes Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 52

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Crimes Act 1914.

Dated 14 February 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON

Minister for Justice and Customs

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Crimes Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Crimes Regulations 1990

Schedule 1 amends the Crimes Regulations 1990.

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

  

[1]After regulation 4B

insert

4BADefinition of authorising persons — prescribed classes (Act s 15XA)

 For paragraph (b) of the definition of authorisingpersonin subsection 15XA (1) of the Act, the following classes of persons are prescribed:

• (a)

  if the participating agency is the Australian Federal Police:

  • (i)

    any senior executive AFP employee of the Australian Federal Police within the meaning of section 25 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979; or

  • (ii)

    any Deputy Commissioner of Police within the meaning of section 6 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979;

• (b)

  if the participating agency is the Australian Customs Service — any Regional Director for a State or Territory within the meaning of section 8 of the Customs Act 1901;

• (c)

  if the participating agency is the National Crime Authority — any member of the National Crime Authority within the meaning of section 7 of the National Crime Authority Act 1984;

• (d)

  if the participating agency is the Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation — any senior officer of the Organisation as defined in section 24 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979;

• (e)

  if the participating agency is the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) — any employee of ASIS who is designated as a senior executive employee by the Director-General of ASIS under section 33 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001;

• (f)

  if the participating agency is the Australian Taxation Office — any Deputy Commissioner as defined in section 2 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1990 No. 227, as amended by 1991 Nos. 235 and 258; 1992 Nos. 91 and 276; 1994 No. 297; 1995 No. 23; 1996 Nos. 7, 125, 228 and 264; 1997 No. 14; 1998 Nos. 68 and 361; 1999 No. 156; 2000 Nos. 99, 100 and 219; 2001 Nos. 49, 105, 138 and 334.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette