Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment Regulation 2007 (NSW)

2007 No 397

New South Wales

Law Enforcement (Powers and

Responsibilities) Amendment

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
Clause 33 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Regulation 2005 provides that a representative of an Aboriginal legal aid organisation must be notified when an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is detained unless the detained person has arranged for a legal representative to be present during questioning. Various organisations are listed as being Aboriginal legal aid organisations.

The object of this Regulation is to replace the list of Aboriginal legal aid organisations with including section 238 (the general regulation-making power).

the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited.

Published in Gazette No 103 of 24 August 2007, page 5850	Page 1
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Clause 1	2007

Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities)

Amendment 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 Regulation 2007.

2 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.

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Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 33 Legal assistance for Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders

Omit “an Aboriginal legal aid organisation” from clause 33 (1) (a). Insert instead “the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited”.

[2]      Clause 33 (2)

Omit the subclause.

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