EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Criminology Research Act 1971 -
Criminology Research Regulations (Amendment)
(Statutory Rules 1985 No. 347)
The purpose of the proposed amendment to the Criminology Research Regulations is to substitute the Victorian Attorney-General for the Victorian Minister for Community Welfare Services 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 Victorian Minister prescribed in the Criminology Research Regulations is the Minister for Community Welfare Services who formerly was responsible for corrective services in that State. However, responsibility for corrective services in Victoria has now been transferred to the Victorian Attorney-General. The Victorian Attorney-General has requested that Regulation 4 be amended to refer to the Attorney-General, in relation to Victoria, instead of the Minister for Community Services.