Criminal Procedure Regulation 2005 (NSW)
This Regulation is the Criminal Procedure Regulation 2005.
This Regulation commences on 15 August 2005.
In this Regulation:
In this Regulation, a reference to a Form is a reference to a Form set out in Schedule 1.
Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.
The Criminal Listing Director may direct any of the following persons to give to the Director such information to assist the Director in making arrangements for the listing of criminal proceedings as the Director reasonably requires:
(a) a prosecuting authority,
(b) an accused person or appellant,
(c) a solicitor acting for an accused person or appellant,
(d) a registrar.
A person to whom such a direction is given must comply with the direction without delay.
The Criminal Listing Director must not give to a prosecuting authority any information furnished to the Director by an accused person or appellant (or by the solicitor of an accused person or appellant) in response to a direction under this clause except with the consent of the accused person, appellant or solicitor.
The Criminal Listing Director must not give to an accused person or appellant (or to any person acting in the interest of an accused person or appellant) any information furnished to the Director by a prosecuting authority in response to a direction under this clause except with the consent of the prosecuting authority.
A solicitor:
(a) who acts for an accused person or appellant in any criminal proceedings, and
(b) who has not filed a notice of appearance in the proceedings in the Local Court that led to those criminal proceedings,
must file a notice of appearance, in the court in which the criminal proceedings are to be heard, as soon as practicable after accepting instructions to so act.
A notice of appearance must be in the form of a document signed by or on behalf of the solicitor filing it containing:
(a) the full name of the accused person or appellant for whom the solicitor acts, and
(b) the full name, address and telephone number of the solicitor.
A solicitor who ceases to act for an accused person or appellant in any criminal proceedings must file a notice of ceasing to act, in the court in which the proceedings are to be heard, as soon as practicable after ceasing to so act.
Subclause (3) does not apply if a notice of appearance for the accused person or appellant has already been filed by another solicitor.
As soon as practicable after a notice under this clause is filed, the registrar with whom the notice is filed must give a copy of the notice to the Director of Public Prosecutions and to the Criminal Listing Director.
The Director of Public Prosecutions must notify the Criminal Listing Director and the relevant registrar of the Local Court:
(a) if a written transcript of the proceedings in the Local Court that led to the committal for trial of an accused person is not received by the Director of Public Prosecutions within the prescribed time after the accused person was committed for trial, or
(b) if a written transcript of the proceedings in the Local Court that led to an appeal is not received by the Director of Public Prosecutions within the prescribed time after the appellant lodged notice of the appeal under Part 3 of the Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001.
For the purposes of this clause, the
(a) 2 weeks, in the case of an accused person (being a juvenile) who is in custody for the offence the subject of the proceedings, or
(b) 4 weeks, in any other case.
The Criminal Listing Director must take information received under this clause into account in fixing any date for the hearing or mention of the matter before the Supreme Court or the District Court.
As soon as practicable after determining that criminal proceedings are ready to proceed on the part of the Crown, the Director of Public Prosecutions must give to the Criminal Listing Director a notice of readiness for the proceedings.
The notice must be in the form approved for the time being by the Criminal Listing Director and must be accompanied by a draft of the indictment proposed to be presented in the proceedings.
As soon as practicable after receiving the notice, the Criminal Listing Director:
(a) must give a copy of the notice, and of the draft indictment which accompanies the notice, to the registrar of the relevant court, and
(b) must give a copy of the draft indictment to each accused person or the accused person’s solicitor.
As soon as practicable after determining that the indictment to be presented in any criminal proceedings is to depart in any material particular from the draft indictment that accompanied the notice of readiness for the proceedings, the Director of Public Prosecutions must give to the Criminal Listing Director a draft of the indictment then proposed to be presented in the proceedings.
The later draft must contain a notice, in the form approved for the time being by the Criminal Listing Director, indicating the nature and extent of the departures from the earlier draft.
As soon as practicable after receiving a draft indictment under subclause (4), the Criminal Listing Director must give a copy of the draft indictment to the registrar and to each accused person or the accused person’s solicitor.
This clause applies to:
(a) any application to the Supreme Court or District Court for an order staying or quashing an indictment, and
(b) any demurrer to an indictment.
Unless the court otherwise orders, an application or demurrer to which this clause applies must not be listed for hearing unless it has been filed within the prescribed time after a copy of the draft indictment was given to the accused person or the accused person’s solicitor under clause 7 (3) or (6).
For the purposes of this clause, the
(a) 1 month, in the case of an accused person who is in custody for the offence to which the indictment relates, or
(b) 3 months, in any other case.
As soon as practicable after fixing a date for the hearing or mention of any criminal proceedings, the Criminal Listing Director must give notice of the listing to the registrar of the relevant court.
As soon as practicable after receiving notice of the listing, the registrar must cause written notice of the listing to be served, in accordance with the rules of court, on the Director of Public Prosecutions and each accused person or appellant in the proceedings.
For the purposes of section 336 of the Act, each offence created by a provision specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2 is prescribed as a penalty notice offence.
For the purposes of section 337 of the Act, the prescribed penalty for any such offence is the amount specified in Column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the offence.
(Repealed)
The fee that a person must pay to the Supreme Court, the Land and Environment Court, the District Court or the Local Court in respect of a matter referred to in Column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3 is the fee specified in respect of that matter in Column 2 of that Part.
The fee that a person must pay to the Sheriff in relation to a matter referred to in Column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 is the fee specified in respect of that matter in Column 2 of that Part.
Any fee imposed by Schedule 3 is payable, by the person at whose request the relevant document is filed or service rendered:
(a) in the case of a fee imposed by Part 1 of Schedule 3, to the registrar of the court concerned, and
(b) in the case of a fee imposed by Part 2 of Schedule 3, to the Sheriff or the registrar of the court concerned.
If a document is filed or service rendered at the request of a person acting as agent for another person, each of those persons is jointly and severally liable for payment of any such fee.
A fee imposed by Schedule 3 becomes due when the document concerned is filed or the service concerned is rendered.
Despite subclause (1), a registrar who is requested to file a document or render a service may require any fee for the document or service to be paid before the document is filed or the service rendered.
The registrar of a court may, by order in writing, direct that the whole or any part of any fee payable to the court be waived, postponed or remitted, subject to such conditions (if any) as the registrar thinks fit to impose.
The Sheriff may, by order in writing, direct that the whole or any part of any fee payable to the Sheriff be waived, postponed or remitted, subject to such conditions (if any) as the Sheriff thinks fit to impose.
(Repealed)
The powers conferred by this clause are to be exercised in accordance with such guidelines as may from time to time be published by the Attorney General.
The taking of any fee in respect of the business of the court in relation to proceedings involving a party who is a legally assisted person is, if the fee is payable by the party, to be postponed until judgment has been given in the proceedings.
The fee is not to be taken at all, or if taken must be remitted, if:
(a) judgment in the proceedings is against the legally assisted person, or
(b) judgment is in favour of the legally assisted person, but costs are not awarded in his or her favour.
In this clause:
Schedule 4 has effect for the purposes of Part 4 of Chapter 7 of the Act.
For the purposes of section 347 of the Act, the program of measures described in Part 4 of Schedule 4 for dealing with offenders is declared to be an intervention program for the purposes of Part 4 of Chapter 7 of the Act.
Schedule 5 has effect for the purposes of Part 4 of Chapter 7 of the Act.
For the purposes of section 347 of the Act, the program of measures described in Part 4 of Schedule 5 for dealing with offenders is declared to be an intervention program for the purposes of Part 4 of Chapter 7 of the Act.
The following offences are prescribed for the purposes of section 348 (2) of the Act in relation to that intervention program:
(a) a domestic violence offence within the meaning of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007, but only in relation to an offence committed by an offender against another person with whom the offender has or has had an intimate domestic relationship,
(b) an offence under section 60 of the Crimes Act 1900 (Assault and other actions against police officers),
(c) an offence under section 93B of the Crimes Act 1900 (Riot),
(d) an offence under section 93C of the Crimes Act 1900 (Affray),
(e) an offence under section 25 (2) of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998,
(f) an offence under section 25A (1) of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998,
(g) an offence under section 25A (2) of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998,
(h) an offence under section 21A of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 (Offences relating to identification numbers of engines and other parts of motor vehicles or trailers).
For the purposes of this clause, a person has or has had an
(a) is or has been married to the other person, or
(b) is or has been a de facto partner of that other person, or
(c) has or has had a relationship involving his or her dependence on the ongoing paid or unpaid care of the other person, or
(d) otherwise has or has had an intimate personal relationship with the other person, whether or not the intimate relationship involves or has involved a relationship of a sexual nature,
but not if the person merely:
(e) is living or has lived in the same household as the other person, or
(f) is living or has lived as a long-term resident in the same residential facility as the other person (not being a facility that is a correctional centre within the meaning of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 or a detention centre within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987), or
(g) is or has been a relative, within the meaning of section 6 of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007, of the other person, or
(h) in the case of an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander, is or has been part of the extended family or kin of the other person according to the Indigenous kinship system of the person’s culture.
“De facto partner” is defined in section 21C of the Interpretation Act 1987.
Schedule 6 has effect for the purposes of Part 4 of Chapter 7 of the Act.
For the purposes of section 347 of the Act, the program of measures described in Part 4 of Schedule 6 for dealing with offenders is declared to be an intervention program for the purposes of Part 4 of Chapter 7 of the Act.
In this Part:
For the purposes of section 306V (2) of the Act, if a prosecuting authority intends to adduce evidence of a previous representation by a vulnerable person wholly or partly by means of a recorded interview or a transcript of a recorded interview in a criminal proceeding where the vulnerable person who made the representation is not the accused person, the prosecuting authority must notify the accused person or his or her lawyer (if any) of the intention in accordance with this clause.
A notice under subclause (1) must:
(a) be in writing, and
(b) specify each recorded interview (or transcript of such interview) that the prosecuting authority intends to adduce, and
(c) contain information to the effect that the accused person and his or her lawyer are entitled to listen to or view each recorded interview at a police station or other place nominated by the prosecuting authority, and
(d) set out the name of a person responsible for arranging access to each recorded interview.
A notice under subclause (1) must be given to the accused person or his or her lawyer at least 14 days before the evidence for the prosecution is given in the proceeding.
Section 76 of the Act provides that a transcript of a recorded interview is not admissible in committal proceedings unless the defendant has been given, in accordance with the regulations under section 306V (2) of the Act, a reasonable opportunity to listen to or view the recorded interview.
An accused person or lawyer who receives a prosecuting authority notice may notify the responsible person that he or she requires access to any one or more of the recorded interviews specified in the notice.
A notice under subclause (1) must:
(a) be in writing, and
(b) set out the name of the accused person and his or her lawyer (if any), and
(c) specify the recorded interview or interviews to which the accused person or his or her lawyer require access, and
(d) be given to the responsible person at least 7 days before the evidence for the prosecution is given in the proceeding, unless the court gives leave for the notice to be given at a later time.
A responsible person who receives a defence notice that complies with clause 19E must give the persons named in the defence notice as referred to in clause 19E (2) (b) access to listen to or view the recorded interview within 7 days (or such shorter period of time as the court directs) after the day on which the responsible person receives the defence notice.
The responsible person may give the accused person or his or her lawyer access to listen to or view the recorded interview on more than one occasion.
The following bodies are declared to be public bodies for the purposes of paragraph (f) of the definition of
(a) the Independent Commission Against Corruption,
(b) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth,
(c) the Police Integrity Commission,
(d) the Australian Federal Police,
(e) the Australian Securities and Investments Commission,
(f) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New South Wales,
(g) the Animal Welfare League NSW,
(h) the Chiropractic Board of Australia,
(i) the Chiropractic Council of New South Wales,
(j) the Dental Board of Australia,
(k) the Dental Council of New South Wales,
(l) the Medical Board of Australia,
(m) the Medical Council of New South Wales,
(n) the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia,
(o) the Nursing and Midwifery Council of New South Wales,
(p) the Optometry Board of Australia,
(q) the Optometry Council of New South Wales,
(r) the Osteopathy Board of Australia,
(s) the Osteopathy Council of New South Wales,
(t) the Pharmacy Board of Australia,
(u) the Pharmacy Council of New South Wales,
(v) the Physiotherapy Board of Australia,
(w) the Physiotherapy Council of New South Wales,
(x) the Podiatry Board of Australia,
(y) the Podiatry Council of New South Wales,
(z) the Psychology Board of Australia,
(aa) the Psychology Council of New South Wales.
For the purposes of section 44 (1) of the Act, Form 1 is the prescribed form of certificate.
For the purposes of section 46 (2) of the Act, the offences referred to in sections 12 and 19A of the Crimes Act 1900 are prescribed as being offences that are not within the jurisdiction of the District Court.
For the purposes of section 151 (1) of the Act, notice of an accused person’s intention to adduce evidence of substantial mental impairment at his or her trial for murder:
(a) must be in Form 2, and
(b) must be given to the Director of Public Prosecutions at least 35 days before the date on which the trial is listed to commence.
A notice given by the prosecutor to the accused person under section 306B (3) (a) or 306I (3) (a) of the Act must:
(a) specify whether the record or records to be tendered by the prosecutor in the new trial proceedings are an audio visual recording, an audio recording or a transcript of the evidence given by the complainant in the original proceedings, and
(b) if a record to be tendered is an audio visual recording or audio recording, contain information to the effect that the accused person and his or her counsel are entitled to listen to or view the recording at a place nominated by the prosecutor and set out the name of the person responsible for arranging access to the recording.
This clause sets out the procedure for obtaining access to listen to or view an audio visual recording or audio recording of the original evidence of the complainant for the purposes of section 306F of the Act.
On receipt of a notice under section 306B (3) (a) or 306I (3) (a) of the Act specifying the prosecutor’s intention to tender in proceedings an audio visual recording or audio recording of the original evidence of the complainant, the accused person, or his or her counsel, may give the responsible person a notice in writing that he or she requires access to the recording.
A responsible person who receives a notice that complies with this clause must give the accused person and his or her counsel (if any) access to listen to or view the recording as soon as practicable after the day on which the responsible person receives the notice.
The responsible person may give any person accompanying the accused person, or his or her counsel, who has been engaged to assist the accused person’s case access to listen to or view the recording.
In this clause:
For the purposes of section 187 (5) of the Act, the following proceedings are prescribed as proceedings of a kind in which a prosecutor is not required to serve a brief of evidence:
(a) proceedings for an offence for which a penalty notice may be issued (other than an offence that is set out in Schedule 2 and that is not referred to below),
(b) proceedings for an offence under section 4 of the Summary Offences Act 1988,
(c) proceedings for an offence under section 9 or 12 of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999,
(d) proceedings for a summary offence for which there is a monetary penalty only,
(e) proceedings for an offence under section 25 (2) or 25A (1) (a), (2) (a), (3) (a), (3A) (a) (i) or (3A) (b) (i) of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998,
(f) proceedings for an offence under section 10 of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985,
(g) proceedings for an offence under section 16 (1) of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.
Subclause (1) has effect in relation to proceedings referred to in subclause (1) (b), (c) or (d) only if the proceedings are commenced on or after the commencement of this subclause and before 1 July 2011.
Subclause (1) has effect in relation to proceedings referred to in subclause (1) (e), (f) or (g) only if the proceedings are commenced on or after 1 February 2010 and before 1 July 2011.
The object of this clause is to reduce the time spent by police officers in producing statements of non-material witnesses for inclusion in certain briefs of evidence and, accordingly, a court is to have regard to that object when exercising its functions under this clause.
This clause applies only to proceedings for summary offences (including proceedings for indictable offences specified in Table 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act that are being dealt with summarily) for which a brief of evidence is required to be served under section 183 of the Act.
In this clause,
(a) a police officer who provides evidence that the preconditions of the exercise of a power have been satisfied or establishes that the evidence on which the prosecutor relies was obtained in accordance with the law (for example, the custody manager who cautions the accused person under Part 9 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002),
(b) a police officer who was responsible for the movement of, or recording the movement of, a thing connected with the offence or the investigation of the offence (for example, a police officer who conveys DNA or a drug sample to the Division of Analytical Laboratories),
(c) a police officer who operated a device that produced or caused the production of a document, photograph, video or any other thing relied on by the prosecutor to prove the prosecution’s case,
(d) any other police officer who provides evidence that merely corroborates evidence of another police officer whose statement relates to a process or procedure and is included in the brief of evidence (for example, a police officer, other than the investigating police officer, who was present when the accused person was interviewed),
(e) a person who is a medical practitioner, nurse, paramedic or other health care professional if all the notes of the person (for example, doctor’s treatment notes or ambulance officer’s checklists) have been included in the brief of evidence.
Requirements relating to the time at which a brief of evidence under section 183 is to be served are set out in section 183 (3) and (4).
Despite section 183 (2) (a) of the Act, a brief of evidence required to be served under that section in proceedings need not include the following:
(a) any prescribed statement so long as the brief includes a list of each prescribed statement that, but for this clause, would need to be included in the brief and a summary of what each such statement would include,
(b) any document that was served on the accused person or the accused person’s legal representative by or on behalf of the prosecutor after the court attendance notice in relation to the offence concerned was served.
On application by the accused person in proceedings, the court may order that any prescribed statement, or any document referred to in subclause (4) (b), be served on the accused person by the prosecutor within a specified time before the hearing if the statement or document was not included in the brief of evidence. The court is to give reasons for the making of such an order.
The court may make an order under subclause (5) only if satisfied that:
(a) in the case of a prescribed statement, the making of the order would assist the defendant responding to the charge or assist the court in determining the matter, or
(b) in the case of a document referred to in subclause (4) (b), the application for the order has been made in good faith.
This clause has effect in respect of proceedings only if the accused person in the proceedings was charged with the offence to which the proceedings relate on or after 12 November 2007 and before 1 July 2011.
The object of this clause is to facilitate the evaluation of the Local Court process reforms.
For that purpose, this clause requires the service of a brief of evidence in proceedings to which this clause applies in accordance with rules that are substantially the same as the rules that applied before the Local Court process reforms were made.
This clause applies to proceedings for an offence in which the prosecution is conducted by a police prosecutor and which:
(a) are heard in the Local Court sitting at Manly, Sydney, and
(b) are commenced on or after 1 July 2010 and before 1 October 2010.
Clause 24 (1) (b)–(g) does not apply to proceedings to which this clause applies. That is, in proceedings to which this clause applies a brief of evidence must be served under section 183 of the Act in relation to offences referred to in clause 24 (1) (b)–(g).
Section 183 of the Act requires a brief of evidence to be served on an accused person who pleads not guilty to an offence.
Clause 24A does not apply to proceedings to which this clause applies.
In proceedings to which this clause applies, the prosecutor is to serve, or cause to be served, on a person charged with an indictable offence listed in Table 1 to Schedule 1 to the Act a copy of the brief of evidence relating to the offence that complies with section 186 of the Act within the time fixed by the Local Court. The time so fixed must be before the time fixed by the Court for the making of an election in respect of the offence.
The prosecutor is not required to include a copy of a proposed exhibit identified in a brief of evidence if it is impossible or impractical to copy the exhibit. However, the prosecutor must in that case comply with section 184 (2) of the Act.
The Local Court is to grant such adjournments as appear to be just and reasonable if a brief of evidence is not served in accordance with subclause (5), and the Court is to extend accordingly the time fixed for the making of an election in respect of the offence.
The jurisdiction of the Local Court under this clause may also be exercised by a registrar of the Court.
This clause does not affect the requirement under section 265 (2) of the Act that the prosecutor also serve on the person charged a copy of the person’s criminal record.
In this clause:
An officer or employee of any of the following bodies is prescribed as a person who is not a
(a) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New South Wales,
(b) the Animal Welfare League NSW,
(c) the Australian Federal Police,
(d) the Australian Securities and Investments Commission,
(e) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth.
For the purposes of section 220 of the Act, proceedings for or relating to an apprehended violence order commenced under the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 are prescribed as proceedings to which Part 3 of Chapter 4 of the Act applies.
For the purposes of section 265 (1) (b) of the Act, Form 3 is the prescribed form of words for the statement about a person’s right to make an election and the consequences of not making an election.
For the purposes of section 266 (2) (a) of the Act, an election may be made orally to the Local Court or by filing a written notice with the Court.
For the purposes of section 266 (2) (b) of the Act, the withdrawal of an election may be made orally to the Local Court or by filing a written notice with the Court.
For the purposes of section 279 (5) (b) of the Act, Form 4 is the prescribed form in which a court’s reasons are to be recorded.
For the purposes of section 284 (2) of the Act, Form 5 is the prescribed form in which a deposition must be taken.
The registrar of a court may delegate to any person the exercise of any of the functions conferred on the registrar by this Regulation, other than this power of delegation.
The Sheriff may delegate to any person the exercise of any of the functions conferred on the Sheriff by this Regulation, other than this power of delegation.
The Criminal Procedure Regulation 2000 is repealed.
Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Criminal Procedure Regulation 2000, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation.
(Clause 3 (2))
(Clause 21)
This is to certify that no further proceedings are to be taken with respect to , a person who is in custody on remand in the correctional centre at , under the order of , a Judge of the Supreme Court,
To their Honours the Judges of the Supreme Court. | } |
Attorney General or Director of Public Prosecutions
Date:
(Clause 23)
R v (
To the Director of Public Prosecutions:
The defendant has been committed for trial on a charge of murder. The trial is listed for hearing on at
In accordance with section 151 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986, notice is given to the Director of Public Prosecutions that the defendant intends to adduce evidence tending to prove a contention by the defendant that the defendant is not liable to be convicted of murder by virtue of section 23A of the Crimes Act 1900.
The defendant intends to rely on the evidence of the following persons in support of that contention:
Defendant/defendant’s legal practitioner
Date:
(Clause 27)
To
charged with the offence of
before the
The offence with which you have been charged is an indictable offence. That means that you may be dealt with by a jury.
If you want to be dealt with by a jury you must elect to have the offence dealt with that way.
If you are dealt with by a jury and are found guilty the maximum penalty/term is
If you do not elect to be dealt with by a jury, you will be dealt with summarily by a Magistrate of the Local Court sitting alone.
If the offence is dealt with summarily by a Magistrate and you are found guilty, the maximum penalty/term is
You will shortly be provided with a copy of the brief of evidence against you and with your criminal history.
You have to make your decision within days of being served with a copy of the brief of evidence.
You may wish to seek legal advice before you make an election.
Regardless of what you do, the prosecuting authority can elect to have the offence dealt with on indictment.
(Clause 29)
On this date, I, the undersigned, a Judge of the Supreme Court/Judge of the District Court/Magistrate, sitting at in the State of New South Wales, dealt with an application under section 279 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986, that be excused from giving evidence for the prosecution in proceedings against charged with the following offence:
I am satisfied, for the reasons stated below, that the application to be excused was made freely and independently of threat or any other improper influence by any person and that:
(a) it is relatively unimportant to the case to establish the facts in relation to which it appears that the spouse of the accused person is to be asked to give evidence or there is other evidence available to establish those facts, and
(b) the offence with which the accused person is charged is of a minor nature.
Reasons:
Judge/Magistrate
Date:
(Clause 30)
The deposition of , a person now dangerously ill, taken before the undersigned Justice at which said , being duly sworn, states as follows:
And I hereby certify that I have taken this deposition under section 284 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 because it has been made to appear to me that the deponent is dangerously ill and that his or her evidence, if not immediately taken, will probably be lost.
Justice
Date:
(Clause 10 (1) and (2))
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Offence | Amount of penalty |
section 117, where the value of the property or amount does not exceed $300 | $300 |
section 527A | $300 |
section 527C | $350 |
section 4 (1) | $200 |
section 4A (1) | $150 |
section 6 | $200 |
section 6A | $250 |
(Clauses 13 and 14)
Column 1 | Column 2 | |
Item | Matter for which fee payable | Fee |
1 | Filing a court attendance notice under Chapter 4 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 to commence proceedings to which Parts 2–4 of that Chapter apply | $79 |
2 | Filing an application under Chapter 4 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 to commence proceedings to which Part 5 of that Chapter applies, being proceedings in the Land and Environment Court (Class 5 of that Court’s jurisdiction) | $779 |
3 | Filing an application to the Local Court for annulment of conviction or sentence under Part 2 of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 | $79 |
4 | Filing a notice of appeal, or an application for leave to appeal, to the District Court under Part 3 of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001: | |
| $97 | |
| $149 | |
5 | Filing a notice of appeal, or an application for leave to appeal, to the Land and Environment Court under Part 4 of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (Class 6 or 7 of that Court’s jurisdiction) | $779 |
6 | Issuing a certificate of conviction or dismissal | $52 |
7 | Retrieving, providing access to and furnishing a copy of any document (otherwise than as provided for by items 8 and 10) | $10.80, plus $5.40 for each 10 pages (or part of 10 pages) after the first 20 pages |
8 | Retrieving and providing access to, but not furnishing a copy of, any document | Nil |
9 | Supplying a duplicate tape recording of sound-recorded evidence | $44 per cassette |
10 | Supplying a copy of any deposition, transcript or diskette (unless otherwise provided for under any other Act): | |
| $79, plus $9.70 per page for each page after the first 8 pages | |
| $97, plus $11 per page for each page after the first 8 pages |
Column 1 | Column 2 | |
Item | Matter for which fee payable | Fee |
1 | Attending a view by a jury in criminal proceedings | $154 |
(Clause 19)
In this Schedule:
(a) is a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia, and
(b) identifies as an Aboriginal person, and
(c) is accepted by the Aboriginal community as an Aboriginal person.
(a) a suitability assessment order, or
(b) a program participation order.
This Schedule applies only in respect of the Local Court sitting at a declared place.
For the purposes of this Schedule, a
Each place at which sittings of a participating court could be held immediately before the commencement of the Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 is taken to be a declared place.
Any declaration made, or taken to have been made, under this clause may be amended or revoked from time to time.
The following is a summary of the process involved in referring an offender for participation in the program:
(a) Suitability assessment order made A participating court makes a suitability assessment order in respect of the offender.
(b) Project Officer convenes meeting of Aboriginal Community Justice Group The Project Officer for the declared place convenes a special meeting of the Aboriginal Community Justice Group for the declared place under Part 3 to assess whether the offender is a suitable candidate to participate in the program.
(c) Aboriginal Community Justice Group assesses offender The Aboriginal Community Justice Group meets to assess the offender’s suitability having regard to certain criteria. The Group may either assess the offender as being suitable or not suitable for participation. In either event, the Group must report its finding to the court that referred the offender.
(d) Court determines whether program participation order should be made If the Aboriginal Community Justice Group assesses an offender as not being suitable for participation, the offender will not be eligible to participate in the program. However, if the Group assesses the offender to be suitable, the participating court may then make a program participation order if it is satisfied that the offender is otherwise eligible to participate and that it would be appropriate for the offender to participate in the program.
(e) Offender enters into agreement to participate The offender enters into an agreement to participate in the program.
(f) Project Officer convenes a circle sentencing group The Project Officer will then convene a circle sentencing group constituted as provided by Part 4 for the purpose of recommending an appropriate sentence and determining a treatment and rehabilitation plan for the offender. The Magistrate who refers the offender will preside over the circle sentencing group.
(g) Offender must comply with program and any intervention plan An offender must comply with the program participation order and any intervention plan determined by the circle sentencing group. A failure to do so may result in the offender being returned to the participating court for the court to deal with the offender.
(h) Court may pronounce a sentence The court that referred the offender may, if it agrees with the consensus of the circle sentencing group on the issue, impose a sentence on the offender in the terms recommended by the group following the conclusion of the circle. Any such sentence will be pronounced in open court.
This clause does not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Schedule that it summarises.
If a participating court sitting at a declared place makes a suitability assessment order in respect of a referred offender, it must notify the Project Officer for the declared place of the order.
The Project Officer for the declared place must convene a meeting of the Aboriginal Community Justice Group for the declared place to assess the suitability of a referred offender to participate in the program as soon as practicable after being notified of a suitability assessment order in respect of the offender.
A meeting of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group convened by the Project Officer for a declared place under clause 4 is to be attended by at least 3 members of the Group chosen by the Project Officer.
In assessing the suitability of a referred offender to participate in the program, the Aboriginal Community Justice Group to which the offender has been referred is to have regard to the following matters:
(a) the nature of the offence committed by the offender,
(b) whether the offender is part of an Aboriginal community in the trial location or has a close association or kinship with any such community,
(c) the impact of the offence on its victims and the Aboriginal community to which the offender belongs or with which the offender has a close association or kinship,
(d) the potential benefits to the offender, the victims, the Aboriginal community and the community generally should the offender participate in the program,
(e) any other matter that it considers relevant.
The Aboriginal Community Justice Group to which an offender has been referred must report to the participating court that made the suitability assessment order in the form approved by the Minister within 14 days (or such further period as the court may allow) after the Group has been convened.
The objectives of the program are as follows:
(a) to include members of Aboriginal communities in the sentencing process,
(b) to increase the confidence of Aboriginal communities in the sentencing process,
(c) to reduce barriers between Aboriginal communities and the courts,
(d) to provide more appropriate sentencing options for Aboriginal offenders,
(e) to provide effective support to victims of offences by Aboriginal offenders,
(f) to provide for the greater participation of Aboriginal offenders and their victims in the sentencing process,
(g) to increase the awareness of Aboriginal offenders of the consequences of their offences on their victims and the Aboriginal communities to which they belong,
(h) to reduce recidivism in Aboriginal communities.
A person is eligible to participate in the program only if:
(a) the person is an Aboriginal person, and
(b) the person is an offender, and
(c) the person has been assessed as suitable for participation in the program by the Aboriginal Community Justice Group for the declared place at a meeting convened in accordance with Part 3, and
(d) the person enters into an agreement to participate in the program, and
(e) the court considers that the facts, as found by the court, or as pleaded to by the defendant, in connection with the offence, together with the person’s antecedents and any other information available to the court, indicate that it is likely that the person will be required to serve, or be subject to, a relevant sentence.
In this clause,
(a) any sentence of imprisonment, including a suspended sentence and a sentence the subject of a periodic detention order or home detention order under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, or
(b) a community service order under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, or
(c) an order providing for an offender to enter into a good behaviour bond under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.
The program is constituted by the following measures:
(a) Offender enters into agreement to participate in the program A participating court refers an offender for participation in a circle sentencing intervention program by making a program participation order and the offender enters into an agreement to participate in the program.
(b) Constitution of circle sentencing group The Project Officer for the declared place, in consultation with the presiding Magistrate, convenes a circle sentencing group for the referred offender.
(c) Circle sentencing group determines intervention plan for offender and recommends sentence The circle sentencing group meets:
(i) to determine an appropriate plan (if any) for the treatment or rehabilitation of the referred offender, and
(ii) to recommend an appropriate sentence for the offender.
(d) Offender to comply with intervention plan The offender complies with the requirements of an intervention plan (if any) determined by the circle sentencing group.
Note— Section 346 (1) of the Act defines
intervention plan to mean a plan, agreement or arrangement arising out of the participation of an offender or an accused person in an intervention program.
A participating court that makes a program participation order in respect of a referred offender must notify the Project Officer for the declared place of the order.
The Project Officer must convene a circle sentencing group for the referred offender as soon as practicable after being notified of the making of a program participation order in respect of the offender.
A circle sentencing group must be convened at a location approved by the presiding Magistrate.
A circle sentencing group for a referred offender convened by the Project Officer under clause 10 (2) must include the following persons:
(a) the presiding Magistrate,
(b) the offender,
(c) the offender’s legal representatives (unless the offender directs otherwise),
(d) the prosecutor,
(e) the Project Officer,
(f) at least 3 Aboriginal persons (but no more than the maximum number of persons specified in the guidelines) chosen by the Project Officer, being persons who the Project Officer is satisfied belong to the Aboriginal community of which the offender claims to be part or with which the offender claims to have a close association or kinship.
A circle sentencing group convened by a Project Officer may (but need not) include the following persons:
(a) any victim of the offender’s offence who consents to participate in the group,
(b) a support person for any such victim chosen by the victim,
(c) a support person for the offender chosen by the offender,
(d) any other person or persons chosen by the Project Officer, but only with the consent of the offender and, if a victim is participating, the consent of the victim.
A member of a circle sentencing group may object to the participation in the group of a person chosen by the Project Officer for the purposes of subclause (1) (f) or (2) (d). The presiding Magistrate is to determine any such objection.
The presiding Magistrate may invite any other person of a class specified by the guidelines to attend a circle sentencing group.
The guidelines may specify whether that person may or may not participate in the circle sentencing group.
The functions of a circle sentencing group are as follows:
(a) to determine an appropriate plan for the treatment or rehabilitation of a referred offender,
(b) to recommend an appropriate sentence for the offender,
(c) to provide support or other assistance to the offender in completing the program or an intervention plan arising out of the program,
(d) such other functions as may be imposed or conferred on the group by this Part or the guidelines.
Without limiting subclause (1) (a), a circle sentencing group may require a referred offender to comply with a plan that includes requirements relating to any one or more of the following:
(a) the conduct and good behaviour of the offender,
(b) attendance for counselling or other treatment,
(c) the supervision of the offender for the duration of the plan,
(d) residence, association with other persons or attendance at specified locations,
(e) involvement in activities, courses, training or employment for the purpose of promoting the re-integration of the offender into the community,
(f) such other matters as the group considers would promote the treatment or rehabilitation of the offender.
The presiding Magistrate may exclude a person (other than the offender or a victim) from participation in a circle sentencing group if the Magistrate is satisfied that:
(a) the person has a conflict of interest that would prevent the person from impartially discharging his or her obligations as a member of the group, or
(b) the behaviour of the person is disrupting the orderly conduct of a meeting of the group.
The Magistrate may, with the agreement of the other members of the group, invite another person to replace a person who has been excluded from participating in the group under subclause (1). However, if the other members do not agree, the Project Officer is to convene a new circle sentencing group for the offender excluding any such person.
A person who is not a member of the circle sentencing group may not attend a meeting of the group unless all of the following persons consent:
(a) the presiding Magistrate,
(b) the offender,
(c) the victim, if a victim is participating in the group.
The presiding Magistrate may terminate a meeting of a circle sentencing group if the Magistrate is satisfied that the behaviour of a member of the group is disrupting the orderly conduct of the meeting.
If a meeting is terminated, the Magistrate may direct the Project Officer to convene a new circle sentencing group or the Magistrate may return the matter to the participating court.
If a victim agrees to participate in a circle sentencing group, the victim must be given an opportunity to express his or her views about the offender and the nature of the offence committed against the victim.
The procedure for the calling of meetings of a circle sentencing group and the conduct of business at those meetings is, subject to this Part and the guidelines, to be as determined by the group.
The presiding Magistrate is to preside at a meeting of a circle sentencing group.
The quorum for a meeting of a circle sentencing group is all of the members of the group (other than members excluded under clause 13).
A decision supported by a majority of the members in a meeting of the circle sentencing group is to be treated as a decision of the whole group.
The presiding Magistrate must make a record (or cause a record to be made) of the following matters in connection with a circle sentencing group:
(a) the name, address and date of birth of the referred offender,
(b) the nature of the offence,
(c) the name of the Project Officer,
(d) the names of the other members of the group and the capacity in which they participated,
(e) the dates on, and the locations at, which the circle sentencing group met,
(f) particulars of any intervention plan determined, or sentence recommended, by the group,
(g) the major points of discussion of the group,
(h) any other matter that the Magistrate considers relevant.
A copy of a record made under subclause (1) must be kept in the participating court’s file for the proceedings in respect of which a referred offender was referred.
The Project Officer may, in consultation with the presiding Magistrate, reconvene a circle sentencing group after it has determined an intervention plan or recommended an appropriate sentence (or both) for a referred offender for the purpose of reconsidering any matter it had previously determined or recommended.
The members of the reconvened group should, so far as is reasonably possible, be the same members who participated in the original circle sentencing group.
A circle sentencing group cannot be reconvened if:
(a) the period of 12 months has elapsed since the matter to be reconsidered was originally determined or recommended by the group, or
(b) the court that referred the referred offender to the group has imposed a sentence on the offender for the offence (whether or not in the terms recommended by the group).
The Minister is to ensure that there is a Project Officer (Circle Sentencing) for each declared place.
The functions of a Project Officer include (but are not limited to) the following functions:
(a) contacting victims of a referred offender for the purpose of ascertaining whether they wish to participate in a circle sentencing group for the offender,
(b) informing any such offender of:
(i) the processes involved in the program or in being assessed for participation in the program, and
(ii) the offender’s obligations under the program or an intervention plan arising out of the program,
(c) convening meetings of Aboriginal Community Justice Groups and circle sentencing groups,
(d) monitoring the compliance of an offender with his or her obligations under the program or an intervention plan arising out of the program and reporting any non-compliance to the participating court that referred the offender and to the Circle Sentencing Group for the court,
(e) such other functions as may be imposed or conferred on the Project Officer by this Part or the guidelines.
The Minister is to establish an Aboriginal Community Justice Group for each declared place.
The Minister may appoint such Aboriginal persons as the Minister considers necessary to be members of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group established under this Part.
The Minister may make an appointment under subclause (1) only on the recommendation of the Project Officer for the declared place concerned.
A person appointed as a member under subclause (1) is appointed for a period of 3 years, unless before the expiry of that period:
(a) the person resigns his or her appointment, or
(b) the person’s appointment is revoked by the Minister.
A person appointed as a member under subclause (1) may resign his or her appointment by written notice to the Minister.
The Minister may revoke the appointment of a person as a member of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group at any time by written notice to the person.
Nothing in this clause prevents the Minister from re-appointing a person as a member of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group under subclause (1) following the expiry of a previous period of appointment or the revocation of a previous appointment.
The functions of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group include (but are not limited to) the following functions:
(a) assessing the suitability of a referred offender to participate in the program and reporting to the participating court that referred the offender about the offender’s suitability,
(b) such other functions as may be imposed or conferred on the Group by this Part or the guidelines.
The procedure for the calling of meetings of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group and the conduct of business at those meetings is, subject to this Part and the guidelines, to be as determined by the Group.
The quorum for a meeting of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group is 3 members of the Group.
A decision supported by a majority of the members in attendance at a meeting of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group is to be treated as a decision of the whole Group.
The Minister may from time to time issue guidelines, not inconsistent with this Schedule, for or with respect to any or all of the following matters:
(a) the constitution and procedure for meetings of Aboriginal Community Justice Groups and circle sentencing groups,
(b) the functions of such Aboriginal Community Justice Groups and circle sentencing groups and of members of such groups in connection with the program or assessment for participation in the program,
(c) any other matter in respect of which guidelines are permitted or required by this Schedule.
Without limiting subclause (1), the guidelines may include provisions that:
(a) apply generally, or
(b) apply only in relation to specified persons, courts, groups or other bodies, or
(c) apply only in specified circumstances, or
(d) do a combination of the things referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
Evidence of anything said, or any admission made or document produced, in:
(a) a meeting of a circle sentencing group concerning a referred offender, or
(b) a meeting of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group held to assess a referred offender’s suitability to participate in the program,
is not admissible in any criminal or civil proceedings.
Subclause (1) does not apply to the criminal proceedings in respect of which a referred offender was referred or any appeal made in respect of those proceedings.
A relevant program participant must not disclose any information obtained in connection with:
(a) the assessment of a referred offender’s suitability to participate in the program, or
(b) the conduct of the program or an intervention plan arising out of the program.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
Nothing in subclause (1) prevents a relevant program participant from disclosing information:
(a) in connection with the conduct of an assessment of a referred offender’s suitability to participate in the program, or
(b) to a victim of a referred offender about the outcome of a circle sentencing group for the offender, or
(c) for the purposes of any legal proceedings, or
(d) in accordance with a requirement of the Ombudsman Act 1974 or with any request made by the Ombudsman, or
(e) with other lawful excuse.
In this clause:
(a) a member of an Aboriginal Community Justice Group, or
(b) a person selected to participate in a circle sentencing group for a referred offender under clause 11 (1) (f) or (2) (b), (c) or (d).
(Clause 19A)
In this Schedule:
(a) a grant of bail that is subject to a condition referred to in section 36A (2) (b) (i) of the Bail Act 1978, or
(b) an order referred to in section 11 (1) (b2) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,
made in respect of an offender for the purpose of allowing the offender to participate in the program by attending a forum.
(a) a grant of bail that is subject to a condition referred to in section 36A (2) (b) (i) of the Bail Act 1978,
(b) an order referred to in section 10 (1) (c) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,
(c) an order referred to in section 11 (1) (b2) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,
(d) an order providing for an offender to enter into a good behaviour bond that contains a condition referred to in section 95A (1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.
(a) a grant of bail that is subject to a condition referred to in section 36A (2) (a) of the Bail Act 1978, or
(b) an order referred to in section 11 (1) (b1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999,
made in respect of an offender for the purpose of allowing an assessment of the offender’s capacity and prospects for participation in the program to be made.
This Schedule applies only in respect of the Local Court sitting at a declared place.
For the purposes of this Schedule, a
Each place at which sittings of a participating court could be held immediately before the commencement of the Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 is taken to be a declared place.
Any declaration made, or taken to have been made, under this clause may be amended or revoked from time to time.
The following is a summary of the process involved in referring an offender for participation in the program:
(a) Suitability assessment order made A participating court makes a suitability assessment order and the offender enters into an agreement to be subjected to an assessment of the offender’s capacity and prospects for participation in the program.
(b) Program administrator ensures that assessment is carried out The program administrator ensures that an assessment is carried out of the offender’s capacity and prospects for participation in the program.
(c) Participating court determines whether forum participation order should be made If the offender has been assessed as not being suitable for participation in the program, the offender will not be eligible to participate in the program. However, if the offender has been assessed as being suitable for participation in the program, the participating court may make a forum participation order if it is satisfied that the offender is otherwise eligible for participation in the program, having regard to the matters set out in clause 7.
(d) Offender enters into agreement to participate The offender enters into an agreement to participate in the program.
(e) Forum held and draft intervention plan for offender prepared A forum is held. Participants are encouraged to agree to appropriate recommendations about the offender. A draft intervention plan is prepared that is based on any recommendations made, and agreed to, by participants in the forum.
(f) Participating court considers draft intervention plan Any draft intervention plan arising from the forum is referred to the participating court together with a report on the forum that is prepared by the forum facilitator. If the court approves the draft intervention plan, it makes an intervention plan order.
(g) Offender to comply with intervention plan An offender who is subject to any such order must comply with the intervention plan. The program administrator for the declared place supervises the implementation and completion of the intervention plan. The program administrator notifies the court as to whether the plan is satisfactorily completed.
(h) Effect of failure to comply with intervention plan A failure to satisfactorily complete the intervention plan may result in the offender being returned to the court for the court to deal with the offender.
This clause does not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Schedule that it summarises.
A participating court that makes a suitability assessment order in respect of an offender must, within 7 days after making the order, notify the program administrator for the declared place that it has done so.
As soon as practicable after being notified under clause 3, the program administrator must ensure that an assessment is carried out of the offender’s capacity and prospects for participation in the program.
The assessment must be carried out in accordance with the guidelines.
The program administrator must report to the participating court that made the suitability assessment order in the form approved by the Minister at least 2 days before the date on which the court is due to continue the proceedings in respect of which the offender was referred.
The objectives of the program are as follows:
(a) to provide for the greater participation in the justice process of offenders and victims and the families and support persons of offenders and victims,
(b) to increase offenders’ awareness of the consequences of their offences for their victims and the community,
(c) to promote the reintegration of offenders into the community,
(d) to increase the satisfaction of victims with the justice process,
(e) to increase the confidence of the community in the justice process,
(f) to provide a participating court with an additional sentencing option,
(g) to reduce re-offending.
The principles that are to guide the operation of the program, including persons exercising functions under the program, are as follows:
(a) the program should enhance the rights and place of victims in the justice process and have due regard to their interests,
(b) forums should be conducted in a way that promotes the active participation and empowerment of referred offenders and their victims, and the families and support persons of those offenders and victims, in responding to and resolving crime,
(c) forums should be conducted in a way that respects and takes into account the rights, needs, capacities, gender, sexuality and cultural and linguistic diversity of all participants, including the Aboriginality of any participants and any disability that any participants have,
(d) forums should be conducted in a way that assists referred offenders to understand and take responsibility for the offences they have committed,
(e) an intervention plan should recognise the harm done, as a consequence of the offending behaviour of the referred offender to whom the plan applies, to any victims of that offender and the community,
(f) an intervention plan should take account of the rights, needs, capacities, gender, sexuality, culture of, and language spoken by, the referred offender to whom the plan applies, including (if applicable) the Aboriginality of that offender,
(g) if a referred offender has a disability, an intervention plan that applies to that offender should take account of any needs arising from that disability, especially needs arising from any communication or cognitive difficulties that the offender has.
A person is eligible to be referred by a participating court to participate in a forum only if:
(a) (Repealed)
(b) the person is an offender, and
(c) the court considers that the facts, as found by the court, or as pleaded to by the defendant, in connection with the offence, together with the person’s antecedents and any other information available to the court, indicate that it is likely that the person will be required to serve a sentence of imprisonment, and
(d) at the date on which the court proposes to make the referral, the person has not been convicted of any of the following offences:
(i) murder or manslaughter,
(ii) a category 1 personal violence offence,
(iii) two or more category 2 personal violence offences (whether or not the same offence),
(iv) a relevant drug offence,
(v) a serious firearms or weapons offence, and
(e) the person has been assessed as suitable for participation in the program in accordance with Part 3, and
(f) the court considers that, if it refers the person to participate in the program, it is likely that the person will enter into an agreement to participate in the program, and
(g) the person has not previously been sentenced to a term of imprisonment (including a suspended sentence of imprisonment).
A reference in subclause (1) (d) to a conviction for an offence does not include a reference to a conviction for:
(a) the particular offence in respect of which a referral is proposed to be made, or
(b) an offence committed by the person when the person was under 18 years of age, other than an offence that is a serious children’s indictable offence within the meaning of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987.
In this clause:
(a) an offence under section 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 61J, 61JA, 61K, 66A, 66B, 86, 95, 96, 97 or 98 of the Crimes Act 1900, or
(b) an offence committed before the commencement of this Regulation under a law of New South Wales that constituted an offence of a similar nature to an offence referred to in paragraph (a).
(a) an offence under section 33A, 35 (2), 37, 38, 39, 46, 47, 48, 61I, 61M, 66C, 66EA, 66F, 73, 80A, 87, 91, 103, 110, 195 (b), 196 (b) or 198 of the Crimes Act 1900,
(b) an offence under section 79, 106, 107, 109, 111, 112 or 113 of the Crimes Act 1900 if the circumstances of the offence involve an act of actual or threatened violence against a person,
(c) an offence committed before the commencement of this Regulation under a law of New South Wales that constituted an offence of a similar nature to an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
(a) an offence under section 23 (1), 24 (1) or 25 (1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (but only if the plant or drug concerned was found to be of a quantity that was at least twice the indictable quantity applicable under that Act at the date of the offence),
(b) an offence under section 23 (2), 24 (2), 25 (2) or 25A of that Act,
(c) an offence under section 26 of that Act of conspiring to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),
(d) an offence under section 27 of that Act of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring, soliciting or inciting the commission of an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
(a) an offence under section 93G, 93GA, 93H (2), 93I (2) or 154D of the Crimes Act 1900,
(b) an offence under section 7, 36, 50, 50A (2), 51 (1A), 51 (2A), 51A or 51D (2) of the Firearms Act 1996, being an offence that relates to a prohibited firearm or pistol,
(c) an offence under section 51B or 51BB of the Firearms Act 1996.
The program is constituted by the following measures:
(a) Offender enters into agreement to participate in the program A participating court refers an offender for participation in a forum by making a forum participation order and the offender enters into an agreement to participate in the program.
(b) Forum facilitator arranges forum A forum facilitator arranges a forum in respect of the offender.
(c) Forum held and draft intervention plan prepared A forum is held with the aim of determining an appropriate draft intervention plan for the offender. Any draft intervention plan arising from the forum is referred to the participating court.
(d) Offender to complete intervention plan If the participating court makes an intervention plan order, the offender completes the intervention plan to which the order applies.
If a referred offender decides not to participate, or to continue to participate, in the program, the referred offender is to notify this decision to the program administrator of the participating court that made the forum participation order or intervention plan order applying to that offender.
The program administrator is to notify the court of the referred offender’s decision within 7 days of being notified by the referred offender under subclause (1).
A participating court that makes a forum participation order must, within 7 days after making the order, notify the program administrator for the declared place that it has done so.
As soon as practicable after being notified under subclause (1), the program administrator must allocate a forum facilitator to arrange and facilitate a forum in respect of the offender to whom the order applies.
A forum is to be held in respect of a referred offender:
(a) if practicable, within 28 days after the program administrator is notified by the participating court that it has made a forum participation order applying to that offender, or
(b) as soon as practicable after that 28 days has elapsed.
A forum facilitator must determine:
(a) the date, time and location of any forum that the forum facilitator has been allocated to facilitate, and
(b) the persons who are to be invited to attend the forum.
The forum facilitator must, if practicable, before determining the matters referred to in subclause (1):
(a) consult with the program administrator for the court that made the forum participation order, the referred offender concerned and any victim of that offender, and
(b) advise any such victim:
(i) of the victim’s right to attend and to be accompanied by one or more support persons, and
(ii) if the victim cannot or elects not to attend the forum—of the victim’s right to be represented by a person chosen by the victim and to have the victim’s views about the matter conveyed to forum participants, and
(c) consider the specific needs and expressed views or wishes of the referred offender and of any such victim.
Before the forum is held, the forum facilitator must notify the referred offender of the following information:
(a) the offence in respect of which the forum is to be held,
(b) the date, time and location of the forum,
(c) the name of the forum facilitator,
(d) any requirements to be met by the referred offender,
(e) the right of the referred offender to decide not to participate, or to continue to participate, in the program, the requirement for the referred offender to notify the program administrator of any such decision and the consequences of any such decision,
(f) the consequences of failure to attend the forum,
(g) the right of the referred offender to obtain legal advice and where that advice may be obtained,
(h) the right of the referred offender to have a legal practitioner attend the forum in an advisory, but not in a representative, capacity,
(i) the right of the referred offender to have one or more support persons attend the forum.
Before a forum is held, the forum facilitator must take all reasonable steps to notify any other persons who are entitled to attend, or who the forum facilitator determines are to be invited to attend, of the date, time and location of the forum.
Before a forum is held, the forum facilitator must take all reasonable steps to provide persons who are to attend the forum with information available to the forum facilitator that, in the forum facilitator’s opinion, will assist the participants to formulate a draft intervention plan.
Before a forum is held, the forum facilitator must ascertain, if practicable, the views about the matter of any persons who have been invited or are entitled to attend but have advised that they will not be attending.
The following persons are entitled to attend a forum:
(a) the referred offender in respect of whom the forum is to be held,
(b) the forum facilitator,
(c) any victim of the referred offender or a person chosen by any such victim as a representative of the victim,
(d) a police officer responsible for investigating the offence in respect of which the forum is proposed to be held or a person chosen by the police officer as a representative of the police officer,
(e) any persons chosen by the referred offender as support persons for the referred offender,
(f) a legal practitioner advising the referred offender,
(g) any persons chosen by any victim of the referred offender as support persons for any such victim.
The forum facilitator may, after consulting with the referred offender and any victim of that offender who proposes to participate in the forum, invite any of the following persons to attend a forum:
(a) a member of the referred offender’s family chosen by the referred offender,
(b) if the referred offender is subject to a supervised good behaviour bond, a community service order or parole—the referred offender’s supervising officer,
(c) an interpreter,
(d) any other person of a class specified by the guidelines.
The following persons may be invited to attend, but not participate in, a forum, with the consent of the referred offender and any victim of that offender:
(a) the program administrator for the court that made the forum participation order applying to the referred offender,
(b) a person wishing to observe the forum for a research or educational purpose, including a police officer, a magistrate and a legal practitioner,
(c) a person wishing to observe the forum for the purpose of monitoring or evaluating the program,
(d) a member of the news media,
(e) any other person of a class specified by the guidelines.
If a forum facilitator forms the opinion that the presence of a person (other than a referred offender or any victim of that offender) may frustrate the purpose or conduct of a forum, the forum facilitator may exclude that person from attending, or continuing to attend, the forum.
A forum may be held in respect of more than one offender and more than one offence.
A forum facilitator must, at or before a forum, ensure that the participants are informed of the views of any person who is entitled or invited to attend, but is unable or declines to do so, if the forum facilitator is informed of those views.
A forum facilitator is to facilitate a forum in accordance with any guidelines on the facilitation of forums.
A referred offender is entitled to be advised, but not represented, by a legal practitioner at a forum.
A forum may be adjourned at any time for the purpose of allowing the referred offender to obtain advice from a legal practitioner.
If a referred offender fails, without reasonable explanation, to attend a forum, the forum facilitator or program administrator must notify the court that made the forum participation order applying to the referred offender.
The participants at a forum may agree to make such recommendations as they think fit about the referred offender in respect of whom the forum is held.
Without limiting subclause (1), a draft intervention plan may provide for one or more of the following:
(a) that the referred offender apologise to any victim of that offender orally or in writing,
(b) that the referred offender make reparations to any such victim or the community,
(c) that the referred offender participate in a program aimed at improving that offender’s prospects (for example, a counselling program, a drug or alcohol rehabilitation program or an education program),
(d) the taking of action directed towards the reintegration of the referred offender into the community,
(e) the times within which the plan is to be implemented.
The participants may not include in a draft intervention plan a requirement that the referred offender carry out work in the community for a period that exceeds the period applying to community service orders under section 8 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.
A draft intervention plan is, if possible, to be determined by consensus of the participants in the forum and, subject to subclauses (5) and (6), may be agreed to by the forum even though it is not agreed to by all the participants.
The referred offender, and any victim of that offender who personally attends the forum, each have a right of veto with respect to the whole of a draft intervention plan, or with respect to any recommendation proposed to be contained in a draft intervention plan, regardless of the views of any other participant in the forum.
A victim’s right of veto does not operate unless all victims who personally attend the forum agree to the veto.
The draft intervention plan is to be prepared in the form approved by the Minister.
A program administrator must refer a draft intervention plan agreed to by forum participants to the court that made the forum participation order.
The program administrator must notify the court that made the forum participation order if a forum facilitator for a forum has informed the program administrator that:
(a) the participants at a forum are unable to agree to a draft intervention plan, or
(b) the referred offender or any victim of that offender who has personally attended the forum has vetoed the draft intervention plan.
The program administrator must also provide to the court a report (prepared by the forum facilitator in the form approved by the Minister) on the following matters:
(a) the name, address and date of birth of the referred offender,
(b) the nature of the offence in respect of which the forum has been held,
(c) the name of the forum facilitator,
(d) the names of the other persons who attended the forum and, if they participated, the capacity in which they participated,
(e) the dates on, and locations at, which the forum was held,
(f) any recommendation contained in the draft intervention plan that has been agreed to other than by consensus (including the name of any participant who did not agree with the recommendation and any reason given by the participant for not agreeing with the recommendation),
(g) any failure of the forum to agree to recommendations that could be included in a draft intervention plan,
(h) the major points of discussion in the course of the forum,
(i) any other matter that the forum facilitator considers relevant, such as anything noted at the forum that the facilitator considers could assist in explaining the context for particular recommendations.
A referral, notification or report under this clause must be made or provided at least 2 days before the date on which the court is due to continue the proceedings in respect of which the referred offender was referred.
If a court has concerns about a draft intervention plan referred to the court under clause 21, it may:
(a) consult with the program administrator for the declared place in relation to its concerns, or
(b) notify the program administrator for the declared place of its concerns and refer the draft plan for consideration under this clause.
The program administrator:
(a) must ascertain whether the referred offender to whom the draft intervention plan applies and all of the relevant victims (if any) agree to consider the court’s concerns about the draft intervention plan, and
(b) if they do so, must arrange for the referred offender and those victims to consider the court’s concerns.
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If the referred offender and all of the relevant victims (if any) agree to consider the court’s concerns, they are to do so:
(a) if practicable, within 7 days after the program administrator is notified by the court under subclause (1), or
(b) as soon as practicable after that 7 days has elapsed.
On considering the court’s concerns, the referred offender and the relevant victims (if any) may decide to vary the draft intervention plan or decide not to vary the draft intervention plan.
Any such decision is, if possible, to be made by consensus of the referred offender and the relevant victims (if any).
The referred offender and any relevant victim each have a right of veto with respect to any proposed variation to the draft intervention plan. However, a victim’s right of veto does not operate unless all such victims agree to the veto.
A draft intervention plan cannot be varied under this clause to require that the referred offender carry out work in the community for a period that exceeds the period applying to community service orders under section 8 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.
The program administrator must notify the court of:
(a) any failure of the referred offender and the relevant victims (if any) to agree to consider the court’s concerns, or
(b) any decision made under subclause (4) to vary or not to vary the draft intervention plan, or
(c) any failure of the referred offender and the relevant victims (if any) to agree on a decision under subclause (4), or
(d) any veto of a proposed variation of the draft intervention plan.
A notice under subclause (8) must be given within 7 days (or such further period as the court may allow) of:
(a) the date on which the program administrator ascertains that the referred offender and the relevant victims (if any) do not agree to consider the court’s concerns, or
(b) the final date on which a decision about the draft intervention plan is made under subclause (4), or
(c) if the referred offender and the relevant victims (if any) fail to agree on a decision about the draft intervention plan under subclause (4), the date on which the program administrator becomes aware that they have failed to do so.
The court may not refer concerns about a draft intervention plan on more than one occasion under this clause.
In this clause:
Following its consideration of any draft intervention plan referred to a court under clause 21 (including any draft intervention plan varied under clause 22 (4)) the court is to notify the program administrator for the declared place of the following matters:
(a) if the court approves the draft intervention plan—the terms of any intervention plan order made in respect of the referred offender to whom the plan applies, which may include the date by which the plan must be completed,
(b) if the court does not approve the draft intervention plan:
(i) that it has not approved the draft intervention plan, and
(ii) its reasons for not doing so.
The court is to notify the program administrator within 7 days of making its decision to approve or not approve the intervention plan.
The program administrator is to notify the following persons of the court’s decision to approve or not approve the draft intervention plan within 7 days of being notified by the court under subclause (2):
(a) the forum facilitator,
(b) any victim of the referred offender,
(c) any police officer responsible for investigating the offence in respect of which that offender was referred to the program.
If a participating court makes an intervention plan order, the program administrator for the declared place at which the intervention plan order was made is to supervise the implementation and completion of the applicable intervention plan by the referred offender to whom that order applies.
The program administrator must notify the following as to whether or not the intervention plan is satisfactorily completed by the referred offender:
(a) the court,
(b) the forum facilitator,
(c) any victim of the referred offender,
(d) any police officer responsible for investigating the offence in respect of which that offender was referred to the program.
If the intervention plan has not been satisfactorily completed, the program administrator must notify the court of:
(a) any reasons of which the program administrator is aware for the referred offender’s failure to complete the plan satisfactorily, and
(b) if the plan has been partially completed, the extent to which it has been completed, and
(c) any other matter that the program administrator considers relevant.
The Minister is to ensure that there is a program administrator for each declared place.
The functions of a program administrator are to carry out:
(a) administrative functions related to this Schedule, and
(b) any other functions conferred on program administrators by this Schedule or any guidelines.
The Director-General may appoint a person as a forum facilitator, including a police officer in the police officer’s private capacity and a member of staff of a Department in the member of staff’s private capacity.
Chapter 2 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 does not apply to or in respect of the appointment of a forum facilitator.
Despite subclause (2), section 59 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 applies to a proposed forum facilitator who is a member of staff of a Department.
A forum facilitator has the following functions:
(a) to prepare for, and to hold, forums referred to the forum facilitator by a program administrator,
(b) any other functions conferred or imposed on the forum facilitator by this Schedule or any guidelines.
Subject to clause 28, a forum facilitator holds office for such period (not exceeding 3 years) as is specified in the facilitator’s instrument of appointment, but may be re-appointed.
A forum facilitator is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the forum facilitator.
A person’s appointment as a forum facilitator is automatically terminated if the person:
(a) dies, or
(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or
(c) resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Director-General, or
(d) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or
(e) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or
(f) is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable.
The Director-General may remove a forum facilitator from office at any time.
The Minister may from time to time issue guidelines, not inconsistent with this Schedule, for or with respect to any or all of the following matters:
(a) the functions of program administrators or other persons in connection with assessment for participation in the program,
(b) the functions of program administrators or forum facilitators in connection with the program,
(c) the constitution of and procedure for forums,
(d) any other matter in respect of which guidelines are permitted or required by this Schedule.
Without limiting subclause (1), the guidelines may include provisions that:
(a) apply generally, or
(b) apply only in relation to specified persons, courts, groups or other bodies, or
(c) apply only in specified circumstances, or
(d) do a combination of the things referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
Evidence of anything said, or any admission made or document produced, in a forum concerning a referred offender is not admissible in any criminal or civil proceedings.
Subclause (1) does not apply to the criminal proceedings in respect of which a referred offender was referred or any appeal made in respect of those proceedings.
Despite subclause (2), evidence of any admission made by a referred offender in a forum is not admissible in the criminal proceedings in respect of which the referred offender was referred or any appeal in respect of those proceedings.
A relevant program participant must not disclose the name of, or any other identifying information about, a referred offender or a victim of a referred offender that is obtained in connection with:
(a) the assessment of the referred offender’s suitability to participate in the program, or
(b) the conduct of the program or an intervention plan arising out of the program.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
Nothing in subclause (1) prevents a relevant program participant from disclosing the information referred to in that subclause:
(a) to any of the following persons:
(i) the referred offender,
(ii) the forum facilitator,
(iii) any victim of the referred offender,
(iv) any police officer responsible for investigating the offence in respect of which the referred offender was referred to the program,
(v) if the referred officer is subject to a supervised good behaviour bond, a community service order or parole—the referred offender’s supervising officer, or
(b) for the purposes of any legal proceedings, or
(c) in accordance with a requirement of the Ombudsman Act 1974 or with any request made by the Ombudsman, or
(d) with other lawful excuse.
Nothing in subclause (1) prevents a program administrator for a declared place from disclosing the information referred to in that subclause to a person for the purpose of monitoring or evaluating the program.
In this clause:
(a) a program administrator for a declared place, or
(b) a person carrying out an assessment of a referred offender’s capacity and prospects for participation in the program, or
(c) a forum facilitator, or
(d) a person entitled or invited to participate in, or attend, a forum and a person attending any such forum, or
(e) a person entitled to consider a draft intervention plan under clause 22 and any person who does so.
(Clause 19B)
In this Schedule:
(a) an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1984, or
(b) an Aboriginal association incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 of the Commonwealth.
(a) that Act,
(b) the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998,
(c) the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999,
(d) the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997,
(e) the Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1988,
(f) any other Act or regulation (or any provision of such an Act or regulation) prescribed by the regulations under the Road Transport (General) Act 2005,
(g) any statutory rule made under any Act referred to in paragraphs (a)–(e) above.
This Schedule commences on 28 March 2008, except as provided by subclause (2).
This Part and Parts 5 and 6 commence on 28 September 2007.
The following is a summary of the process involved in referring a traffic offender for participation in the program:
(a) Court determines whether an offender may be referred for participation The Local Court determines whether a traffic offender may be referred to the program having regard to the matters specified in clause 4.
(b) Court makes a program participation order If the Local Court determines that a traffic offender is a suitable person for participation in the program and a suitable approved traffic course is available, the Court may then make a program participation order if it is satisfied that the offender is otherwise eligible to participate. The order will specify the approved traffic course that the offender is to undertake.
(c) Traffic offender enters into agreement to participate The traffic offender enters into a written agreement to participate in the program as a condition of bail or deferral of sentence.
(d) Traffic offender to comply with requirements of approved traffic course The traffic offender complies with the requirements of the approved traffic course. A failure to do so may result in the offender being returned to the Local Court for the Court to deal with the offender.
This clause does not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Schedule that it summarises.
A person is eligible to be referred by the Local Court to participate in the program only if:
(a) the person is a traffic offender, and
(b) the person has not been sentenced for the traffic offence, and
(c) the person enters into a written agreement to participate in the program, and
(d) the Court considers that, having regard to the matters referred to in subclause (2), the person is suitable for participation in the program.
The Local Court is to have regard to the following matters in determining whether a traffic offender is suitable for participation in the program:
(a) the extent to which the offender’s character, antecedents, age, health and mental condition would be likely to prevent the offender’s participation in the program or disrupt the conduct of the program,
(b) the nature of the offence committed by the offender,
(c) any extenuating circumstances in which the traffic offence was committed,
(d) the impact of the offence on the community and the victim of the offence (if any),
(e) the offender’s history of convictions for traffic offences (if any),
(f) such other matters as the Court considers relevant.
When considering a traffic offender’s history for the purposes of subclause (2), the Local Court is to consider the following:
(a) whether this is the traffic offender’s first offence,
(b) if it is not the traffic offender’s first offence, the nature and seriousness of any previous offence or offences.
The objective of the program is to provide a community based road safety educational program for referred traffic offenders:
(a) to provide such offenders with the information and skills necessary to develop positive attitudes to driving and to change driving behaviour, and
(b) to develop safer driving behaviour in such offenders.
The program is constituted by the following measures:
(a) Court refers traffic offender to approved traffic course The Local Court refers an offender for participation in the program by making a program participation order that specifies the approved traffic course that the offender is to undertake and the offender enters into a written agreement to participate in the program.
(b) Referred traffic offender to participate in course The referred traffic offender complies with the requirements of the approved traffic course that the Local Court has required the offender to undertake.
(c) Approved traffic course provider reports to Local Court on compliance The approved traffic course provider makes a written report to the Local Court as to the referred traffic offender’s compliance with the requirements of the approved traffic course before the Court finalises the matter.
The approved traffic course provider that conducts the approved traffic course to which a referred traffic offender has been referred must report to the Local Court in the form approved by the Minister on the extent to which the offender has complied with the requirements of the program no later than 5 working days before the date fixed by the Court for the offender to re-appear before the Court to finalise the matter.
The approved traffic course provider that conducts the approved traffic course to which a referred traffic offender has been referred must make a record (or cause a record to be made) of the following matters in connection with the participation of the offender in the course:
(a) the name, address and date of birth of the offender,
(b) the nature of the traffic offence,
(c) the extent to which the offender has complied with the requirements of the course (including attendance at the course and assessment criteria for the course),
(d) any fees or other moneys paid by the offender to the provider in relation to the course,
(e) any other matters specified by the guidelines or that the provider considers relevant.
The Director-General may, by order published in the Gazette, approve a course of study or training as an approved traffic course for the purposes of the program.
The Director-General may approve a course of study or training under subclause (1):
(a) on the Director-General’s own motion, or
(b) on the application (in the form approved by the Director-General from time to time) of the government agency or association that conducts the course.
The Director-General may approve a course of study or training under subclause (1) only if:
(a) the course is to be conducted by a government agency or by an association, and
(b) the course provider has submitted a statement to the Director-General in the form approved by the Director-General from time to time that sets out the following:
(i) the objectives of the course,
(ii) an outline of the content of the course,
(iii) assessment criteria for the course, including the minimum rate of attendance by course participants,
(iv) an itemised proposed fee structure for course participants,
(v) details of proposed monitoring of the course and evaluation mechanisms for the course, and
(c) the course consists of the following kinds of measures:
(i) measures that aim to improve the understanding of course participants of their legal obligations as road users,
(ii) measures that aim to develop safe driving behaviour by course participants,
(iii) measures to inform course participants about the potential impact of traffic offences on the victims of such offences and on the community generally, and
(d) the Director-General is satisfied that any fee that is proposed to be charged for participation in the course is being charged on a cost recovery basis and not for profit, and
(e) the Director-General is satisfied that the course complies with any relevant guidelines for the content or conduct of approved traffic courses.
A course of study or training approved under subclause (1) may be approved for all Local Courts or for only such Local Courts as may be specified in the order approving the course.
The Director-General may at any time and for any reason revoke an approval for a course of study or training under subclause (1) by order published in the Gazette.
An approval for a course of study or training under subclause (1) has effect for a period of 3 years, unless sooner revoked.
Nothing in subclause (6) prevents the Director-General from re-approving a course of study or training under subclause (1) after a previous approval for the study or training has ceased to have effect.
An approved traffic course provider that conducts an approved traffic course is to ensure that:
(a) the course complies with any content requirements specified in the guidelines that are relevant to the course, and
(b) the course is otherwise conducted in accordance with any guidelines that are relevant to the course.
The Minister may issue guidelines, not inconsistent with this Schedule, from time to time with respect to any or all of the following matters:
(a) the keeping of records in respect of participation in the program or approved traffic courses undertaken as part of the program,
(b) the monitoring of participation of referred traffic offenders in the program and in approved traffic courses undertaken as part of the program,
(c) the functions and responsibilities of approved traffic course providers in connection with the program,
(d) the content and conduct of approved traffic courses,
(e) the process of identifying the availability of a suitable approved traffic course,
(f) any other matter in respect of which guidelines are permitted or required by this Schedule.
Without limiting subclause (1), the guidelines may include provisions that:
(a) apply generally, or
(b) apply only in relation to specified persons, courts, groups or other bodies, or
(c) apply only in specified circumstances, or
(d) do a combination of the things referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
Evidence of anything said, or any admission made, by a referred traffic offender in the course of participating in an approved traffic course is not admissible in any criminal or civil proceedings.
Subclause (1) does not apply to the criminal proceedings in respect of which a referred traffic offender was referred.
An approved traffic course provider that conducts an approved traffic course undertaken by a referred traffic offender as part of the program (or any person involved in conducting the course for or on behalf of the provider) must not disclose the name of, or any other identifying information about, the offender that is obtained in connection with the conduct of the program or course.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
Nothing in subclause (1) prevents an approved traffic course provider or person from disclosing information of the kind referred to in that subclause:
(a) in connection with the conduct of the program or an approved traffic course undertaken as part of the program, or
(b) for the purposes of any legal proceedings, or
(c) in accordance with a requirement of the Ombudsman Act 1974 or with any request made by the Ombudsman, or
(d) with other lawful excuse.
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