2007 No 563
New South Wales
Crimes (Forensic Procedures)
Amendment (Responsible Person and
Corresponding Laws) Regulation 2007
under the
Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made
the following Regulation under the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000.
JOHN HATZISTERGOS, M.L.C.,
Attorney General
Explanatory note
The Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Regulation 2000 prescribes certain laws of the
Commonwealth, the States and Territories as corresponding laws for the purposes of the
definition of corresponding law in section 95 of the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000.
That definition relates to the interstate enforcement of orders for carrying out forensic
procedures and to the DNA database system.
The Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Regulation 2000 also provides for the declaration, for the
purposes of the definition of responsible person in section 3 (1) of the Crimes (Forensic
Procedures) Act 2000, of the person responsible for the care, control and management of the
DNA database system.
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Regulation 2000
to make amendments in the nature of law revision to the list of laws prescribed as
corresponding laws and to declare the Chief Executive of the Sydney West Area Health
Service to be the responsible person for the purposes of the DNA database system.
This Regulation is made under the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000, including the
definition of responsible person in section 3 (1), the definition of corresponding law in
section 95 and section 118 (the general regulation-making power).
Published in Gazette No 175 of 30 November 2007, page 8683
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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment (Responsible Person and
Corresponding Laws) Regulation 2007
Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment
(Responsible Person and Corresponding Laws)
Regulation 2007
under the
Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
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Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment
(Responsible Person and Corresponding Laws) Regulation 2007.
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Commencement
(1)
This Regulation commences on the day it is published in the Gazette,
except as provided by subclause (2).
(2)
Schedule 1 [1] commences on 30 November 2007.
Amendment of Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Regulation 2000
The Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Regulation 2000 is amended as set
out in Schedule 1.
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Corresponding Laws) Regulation 2007
Amendments
Schedule 1
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Schedule 1
Amendments
(Clause 3)
[1]
Clause 6A Responsible person
Omit “the Director of the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical
Research”.
Insert instead “the Chief Executive of the Sydney West Area Health Service”.
[2]
Clause 12 Corresponding laws
Omit “Part 4 of Chapter 8” from the matter relating to Queensland.
Insert instead “Chapter 17”.
[3]
Clause 12
Omit “1998” from the matter relating to South Australia.
Insert instead “2007”.
[4]
Clause 12
Omit the matter relating to Western Australia. Insert instead:
Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 of Western
Australia.
BY AUTHORITY
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