Sentencing Amendment Regulations 2018

Sentencing Amendment Regulations 2018

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 Sentencing Act 1997 .

18 December 2018

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

ELISE ARCHER

Minister for Justice

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Sentencing Amendment Regulations 2018 .

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 Sentencing Regulations 2018 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 5A inserted

After regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:

5A.   Prescribed officers

A person whose duties include the following is prescribed as a prescribed officer for the purposes of Part 5A of the Act:

(a) monitoring or having regular contact with offenders who are subject to home detention orders;

(b) administering home detention orders;

(c) supervising people who are responsible for the duties referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).

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

Notified in the Gazette on 18 December 2018

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Sentencing Regulations 2018 by prescribing certain persons as prescribed officers for the purposes of Part 5A of the Sentencing Act 1997 .