Criminal Procedure Act 1986 - Regulation relating to offences not within jurisdiction of District Court (1990-725) [GG No 141 of 9.11.1990] (NSW)

1990 - NO. 725

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - REGULATION
(Relating to offences not within jurisdiction

of District Court)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 141 of 9 November 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

JOHN DOWD

Attorney General.

The Criminal Procedure Regulation 1987 is amended by omitting from clause 4 the words "under sections 12 and 19" and by inserting instead the words "referred to in sections 12 and 19A".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 5 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 provides that the District Court has jurisdiction in respect of all indictable offences other than offences prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of the section. The object of this Regulation is
to replace a reference in the Criminal Procedure Regulation 1987 to section 19 of
the Crimes Act 1900 (which has been repealed) with a reference to section 19A
(which replaced the repealed section andefers to the offence of murder).