EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Criminology Research Act 1971 - Criminology Research Regulations (Amendment)
1987 No. 167
The Criminology Research Regulations (Amendment) provide for an amendment to sub-regulation 4(2) of the Regulations.
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.
At present sub-regulation 4(2) of the Criminology Research Regulations prescribes the Minister for Correctional Services as the appropriate Minister for the Northern Territory and it is desired to amend the sub-regulation to refer to the current title of the relevant portfolio, the “Minister for Health and Community Services.”
Authorised by the Parliamentary Secretary for Justice and Member of the Executive Council