Criminal Procedure Amendment (Local Court Criminal Process Reforms) Regulation 2012 (NSW)

2012 No 310

New South Wales

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Local

Court Criminal Process Reforms)

Regulation 2012

under the

Criminal Procedure Act 1986

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Criminal Procedure Act 1986.

GREG SMITH, MP

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to make permanent the operation of the trial scheme under clause 21 of the Criminal Procedure Regulation 2010 (which lists the kinds of proceedings for which prosecutors are not required to serve briefs of evidence) and clause 22 of that Regulation (which allows prosecutors to give short briefs of evidence to defendants in certain circumstances). That trial scheme is due to expire on 1 July 2012.

The Regulation also repeals a spent provision. general regulation-making power), 183 and 187.

Published LW 29 June 2012	Page 1
2012 No 310	Criminal Procedure Amendment (Local Court Criminal Process Reforms)
Clause 1	Regulation 2012

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Local Court Criminal

Process Reforms) Regulation 2012

under the

Criminal Procedure Act 1986

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Criminal Procedure Amendment (Local Court
Criminal Process Reforms) Regulation 2012.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the
NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Criminal Procedure Regulation 2010

(1) Clause 21 Offences for which briefs of evidence not required

Omit “and before 1 July 2012” wherever occurring in clause 21 (2) and (3).

(2)	Clause 22 Short briefs of evidence required in certain circumstances
Omit “and before 1 July 2012” from clause 22 (7).
(3)	Clause 23 Evaluation of Local Court process reforms
Omit the clause.