Proclamation re commencement (2003-87) (NSW)

2003 No 87

New South Wales

Proclamation

under the

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum

Sentencing) Act 2002 No 90

MARIE BASHIR, Governor

I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 17 February 2003 as the day on which the uncommenced provisions of that Act commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 29th day of January 2003.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Attorney General

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence the uncommenced provisions of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002 (Schedule 1 [5] and [7] and Schedule 3.2 [2]) that provide for the constitution and functions of the New South Wales Sentencing Council. As a consequence of this Proclamation, the Council comes into being on 17 February 2003.

BY AUTHORITY

Published in Gazette No 39 of 7 February 2003, page 759 Page 1