Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Amendment Regulations 2011


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Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Amendment Regulations 2011

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993 .

19 December 2011

PETER G UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

BRIAN WIGHTMAN

Minister for Justice

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Amendment Regulations 2011 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Regulations 2004 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 10 substituted

Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted:

10.   Prescribed purpose under section 79(5)(e) of Act

The following purposes are prescribed for section 79(5)(e) of the Act:
(a) the valuation and auctioning of forfeited property by the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(b) the extraordinary costs associated with obtaining forensic accounting services in relation to possible applications under section 11 of the Act.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 28 December 2011

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Regulations 2004 by prescribing additional purposes for which the funds in the Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Account may be made available.