Crimes (General) Amendment (School Protection) Regulation 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 97

New South Wales

Crimes (General) Amendment (School

Protection) Regulation 2003

under the

Crimes Act 1900

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Crimes Act 1900.

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
Under section 316 (4) of the Crimes Act 1900 (the Act), a prosecution for an offence against section 316 (1) of the Act (Concealing serious indictable offence) is not to be commenced against a person without the approval of the Attorney General if the relevant knowledge or belief that an offence has been committed was formed or the relevant information was obtained by the person in the course of practising or following a profession, calling or vocation prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of section 316 (4).
The object of this Regulation is to prescribe the profession of school teacher for the purposes of section 316 (4) of the Act.

This Regulation is made under the Crimes Act 1900, including sections 316 and 582 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 39 of 7 February 2003, page 769	Page 1
2003 No 97
Clause 1	Crimes (General) Amendment (School Protection) Regulation 2003

Crimes (General) Amendment (School Protection)

Regulation 2003

under the

Crimes Act 1900

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Crimes (General) Amendment (School

Protection) Regulation 2003.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 10 February 2003.

3 Amendment of Crimes (General) Regulation 2000

The Crimes (General) Regulation 2000 is amended by inserting
after clause 6 (g) the following paragraph:

(h) if the serious indictable offence referred to in section 316 (1) of the Act is an offence under section 60E of the Act, a school teacher, including a principal of a school.

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