Proceeds of Crime Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 2) (Cth)

Proceeds of Crime Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 1002

I, GUY STEPHEN MONTAGUE GREEN, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Dated 28 May 2003

G. S. M. GREEN

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON

Minister for Justice and Customs

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Proceeds of Crime Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 2).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Proceeds of Crime Regulations 2002

Schedule 1 amends the Proceeds of Crime Regulations 2002.

Schedule 1Amendment

(regulation 3)

  

[1]After regulation 9

insert

10Specification — definition of serious offence

For paragraph (h) of the definition of serious offence in section 338 of the Act, the following indictable offences are specified:

1. (a)

   an offence against any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code:

   1. (i)

      section 73.1 (offence of people smuggling);

   2. (ii)

      section 73.2 (aggravated offence of people smuggling (exploitation etc));

   3. (iii)

      section 73.3 (aggravated offence of people smuggling (at least 5 people));

   4. (iv)

      section 73.8 (making, providing or possessing a false travel or identity document);

   5. (v)

      section 73.9 (providing or possessing a travel or identity document issued or altered dishonestly or as a result of threats);

   6. (vi)

      section 73.10 (providing or possessing a travel or identity document to be used by a person who is not the rightful user);

   7. (vii)

      section 73.11 (taking possession of or destroying another person’s travel or identity document);

   8. (viii)

      section 270.3 (slavery offences);

   9. (ix)

      section 270.6 (sexual servitude offences);

   10. (x)

       section 270.7 (deceptive recruiting for sexual services);

2. (b)

   an offence against any of the following provisions of the Crimes Act 1914:

   1. (i)

      section 50BA (sexual intercourse with child under 16);

   2. (ii)

      section 50BB (inducing child under 16 to engage in sexual intercourse);

   3. (iii)

      section 50BC (sexual conduct involving child under 16);

   4. (iv)

      section 50BD (inducing child under 16 to be involved in sexual conduct);

   5. (v)

      section 50DA (benefiting from offence against Part IIIA of the Crimes Act 1914);

   6. (vi)

      section 50DB (encouraging offence against Part IIIA of the Crimes Act 1914).

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2002 No. 259.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette