EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Criminology Research Act 1971 -
Criminology Research Regulations (Amendment)
(Statutory Rules 1986 No. 51)
The purpose of the proposed amendment to the Criminology Research Regulations is to:
(i) correct a reference in Regulation 3 which refers to “Acts” and which should refer to “Act”; and
(ii) substitute the New South Wales Attorney-General for the New South Wales Minister of Justice as the prescribed Minister under Regulation 4.
Under the Criminology Research Act 1971, the “appropriate Minister” of each State (prescribed pursuant to section 4 of the Act) is responsible for the nomination of a representative on the Criminology Research Council. At present the New South Wales Minister prescribed in the Criminology Research Regulations is the Minister of Justice. Originally there were separate appointments in New South Wales of Minister of Justice and Attorney-General. More recently, the Attorney-General has also been appointed as Minister of Justice but this practice has ceased. Therefore it is necessary that Regulation 4 be amended to refer to the Attorney-General, in relation to New South Wales, instead of the Minister of Justice.
(Authorised by the Attorney-General)