Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Regulation 2021 (2021-456) (NSW)

Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Regulation 2021

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Regulation 2021.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Note— This Regulation repeals and replaces the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Regulation 2015, which would otherwise be repealed on 1 September 2021 by the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989, section 10(2).

3 Interpretation (1) In this Regulation— the Act means the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989. the Australian Capital Territory Act means the Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003 of the Australian Capital Territory. the Northern Territory Act means the Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002 of the Northern Territory. the Queensland Act means the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 of Queensland. the South Australian Act means the Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 2005 of South Australia. the Tasmanian Act means the Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993 of Tasmania. the Victorian Act means the Confiscation Act 1997 of Victoria. the Western Australian Act means the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 of Western Australia.

Note— The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation. (2) In this Regulation, a reference to a Form is a reference to a Form set out in Schedule 1.

Part 2 Corresponding laws

4 Corresponding laws For the purposes of the Act, section 4(1), definition of corresponding law, the following laws of other States are declared to be laws that correspond to the Act— (a) the Australian Capital Territory Act, (b) the Northern Territory Act, (c) the Queensland Act, (d) the South Australian Act, (e) the Tasmanian Act, (f) the Victorian Act, (g) the Western Australian Act.