EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
1987 No. 84
Criminology Research Act 1971 - Criminology Research Regulations (Amendment)
The Criminology Research Regulations (Amendment) provide for the repeal of sub-regulation 3(2) and regulations 4 to 8 of the Criminology Research Regulations, and the insertion of a new regulation 4.
Section 4 of the Criminology Research Act 1971 (the Act) provides that “the appropriate Minister” in relation to a State or the Northern Territory means such Minister of the Crown of that State, or such Minister or the Northern Territory, as is prescribed.
Section 35 of the Act provides that “the appropriate Minister” of a State and of the Northern Territory is to have the function of nominating a person who is to represent a State or the Northern Territory, as the case may be, on the Criminology Research Council established by the Act. The inclusion in the section of a reference to the Northern Territory was made by the Criminology Research Amendment Act 1986.
It is desired to prescribe in the new regulation 4 the Minister for Correctional Services of the Northern Territory as the appropriate Minister in relation to the Northern Territory.
At present regulation 4 of the Criminology Research Regulations prescribes the Minister for Justice as the appropriate Minister for Queensland and it is desired in the new regulation to refer to the current title of the Minister, the “Minister for Justice and Attorney-General”.
Section 18 of the Act provides that the Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology established by the Act is to be paid such allowances as are prescribed but that the provision has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973. Section 11 of the Act provides that a member of the Board of Management of the Institute established by the Act is to be paid such allowances as are prescribed but that the provision has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.
Sub-regulation 3(2) and regulations 5 to 8 provide for the payment of allowances to the Director of the Institute and to members of the Board of Management of the Institute. However the provisions have been superseded and allowances payable to the Director of the Institute and members of the Board are now the subject of determinations made by the Remuneration Tribunal pursuant to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.
Sub-regulation 3(2) and regulations 5 to 8 dealing with allowances are therefore not now required and may be repealed.
Authorised by the Attorney-General