Sentencing Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2018 (WA)

30 October 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4333

JUSTICE

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Sentencing Act 1995

Sentencing Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2018

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Sentencing Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2018.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Sentencing Regulations 1996.

4. Regulation 14 inserted

seal.

After regulation 13 insert:

14. Warrants issued electronically

( 1) In this regulation —

courts electronic system means the electronic system

for the management of proceedings in Western

Australian courts.

(2)	A court may issue a warrant of commitment by means of the courts electronic system.
(3)	The warrant must bear —

(a)	the name, or facsimile signature, of the judge or magistrate issuing it; or
(b)	the court's seal or a facsimile of the court's

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(4)	The warrant is authenticated for the purposes of the
Courts and Tribunals (Electronic Processes
Facilitation) Act 2013 section 10.
(5)	The warrant is given in electronic form for the purposes of the Courts and Tribunals (Electronic
Processes Facilitation) Act 2013 section 12.

R. NEILSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.