Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Authorised Officer's Name) Regulation 2007 (NSW)

2007 No 597

New South Wales

Law Enforcement (Powers and

Responsibilities) Amendment
(Authorised Officer’s Name)

Regulation 2007

under the

Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.

JOHN HATZISTERGOS, M.L.C.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
Schedule 1 [3] to the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment Act 2007 removed the requirement (under section 67 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002) that the name of the authorised officer who issues a warrant appear on an occupier’s notice.
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005 to make a consequential amendment in respect of occupiers’ notices and to remove that requirement in respect of certain search and crime scene warrants.

This Regulation is made under the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, including sections 66 (Form of warrant), 67 (Notice to occupier of premises entered pursuant to warrant) and 238 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 182 of 14 December 2007, page 9548	Page 1
2007 No 597	Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Authorised
Clause 1	Officer’s Name) Regulation 2007

Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities)
Amendment (Authorised Officer’s Name) Regulation

2007

under the

Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities)
Amendment (Authorised Officer’s Name) Regulation 2007.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 17 December 2007.

3 Amendment of Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005

The Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Authorised	2007 No 597
Officer’s Name) Regulation 2007
Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]      Schedule 1 Forms, Forms 9 (Part 5 search warrant), 10 (Search warrant— other than Part 5 search warrant) and 12 (Crime scene warrant)

Omit “[Name of authorised officer],” wherever occurring.

[2]      Forms 9, 10 and 12

Omit “Signed [Print name and insert” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “Signed [Insert”.

[3]      Forms 9, 10 and 12

Omit “name of that authorised officer and the” wherever occurring.

[4]      Forms 17 (Occupier’s notice for Part 5 search warrant), 18 (Occupier’s notice for search warrant other than Part 5 search warrant) and 19 (Occupier’s notice for crime scene warrant)

Omit “[Name], an authorised officer,” wherever occurring under the heading
“Issue details”.

Insert instead “an authorised officer”.

[5]      Forms 17, 18 and 19

Insert “[Insert signature.]” after “Signed” wherever occurring under the heading “Inspection”.

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