Young Offenders Amendment (Transitional) Regulation 2002 (NSW)

2002 No 847

New South Wales

Young Offenders Amendment (Transitional) Regulation 2002

under the

Young Offenders Act 1997

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Young Offenders Act 1997.

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
Sections 20 (7), 23 (5), 31 (5), 37 (6), 38 (5), 41 (9) and 44 (5) of the Young Offenders Act 1997, as inserted by the Young Offenders Amendment Act 2002, provide that in certain situations a child is not entitled to be dealt with by giving a caution in relation to an offence if the child has been dealt with by caution on 3 or more occasions.
The object of this Regulation is to insert a transitional provision into the Young Offenders Regulation 1997 to provide that cautions given before 15 November 2002 (the date of commencement of the Young Offenders Amendment Act 2002) are to be disregarded for the purposes of sections 20 (7), 23 (5), 31 (5), 37 (6), 38 (5), 41 (9) and 44 (5).

This Regulation is made under the Young Offenders Act 1997, including section 73 (the general regulation-making power) and clause 1 (1) of Schedule 3 (Savings and transitional provisions).

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Clause 1	Young Offenders Amendment (Transitional) Regulation 2002

Young Offenders Amendment (Transitional) Regulation

2002

under the

Young Offenders Act 1997

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Young Offenders Amendment (Transitional)

Regulation 2002.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 15 November 2002.

3 Amendment of Young Offenders Regulation 1997

The Young Offenders Regulation 1997 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

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Young Offenders Amendment (Transitional) Regulation 2002

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clause 22

Insert after clause 21:

22 Provision consequent on commencement of Young Offenders Amendment Act 2002

A caution given before 15 November 2002 (being the date of commencement of the Young Offenders Amendment Act 2002) is to be disregarded for the purposes of sections 20 (7), 23 (5), 31 (5), 37 (6), 38 (5), 41 (9) and 44 (5) of the Act.

BY AUTHORITY

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