Bail Amendment Regulations 2020

Bail Amendment Regulations 2020

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 Bail Act 1994 .

7 December 2020

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

ELISE ARCHER

Minister for Justice

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Bail Amendment Regulations 2020 .

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 Bail Regulations 2014 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 11 inserted

After regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:

11.   Prescribed offences

For the purposes of the definition of terrorism offence in Part 1A of the Bail Act 1994 , the following offences in relation to terrorism are prescribed:

(a) an offence under section 310J of the Crimes Act 1900 of New South Wales;

(b) an offence under section 4B of the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 of Victoria.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 16 December 2020

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Bail Regulations 2014 by prescribing certain offences in New South Wales and Victoria as terrorism offences for the purposes of Part 1A of the Bail Act 1994 .