Proceeds of Crime Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1996

No. 203 1

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Proceeds of Crime Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987.

Dated 10 September 1996.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DARYL WILLIAMS

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Proceeds of Crime Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2. New

regulations 17 and 18

2.1   After regulation 16, insert:

Prescribed particulars of certificate—paragraph 98 (5) (b) of the Act

 “17. A certificate issued by the registrar of a court under paragraph 98 (5) (b) of the Act must include the following particulars:

• (a)

  the name of the court that made the pecuniary penalty order;

• (b)

  the date of the order;

• (c)

  the amount of money that is to be paid under the order;

• (d)

  the identity of the person who must pay the amount.

Registration of certificate under subsection 98 (5A) of the Act

“18.A certificate issued by a registrar under paragraph 98 (5) (b) of the Act may be registered by filing it in a court that has jurisdiction for the recovery of debts of an amount equal to the amount of the pecuniary penalty order.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 September 1996.

2. Statutory Rules 1987 No. 224 as amended by 1989 No. 236; 1991 No. 460; 1993 No. 199; Act No. 88, 1993; Statutory Rules 1994 Nos. 17 and 238; 1995 Nos. 80 and 325.