Pursuant to section 212 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

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1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Principal regulations amended

4 Orders for sentences of community work

5 Notice of payment of fine if defendant imprisoned, etc

6 Schedule 1 amended

Schedule 1
New forms 28A and 28B inserted

Schedule 2
New form 30 substituted

1 Title

These regulations are the Summary Proceedings Amendment Regulations 2007.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 October 2007.

3 Principal regulations amended

These regulations amend the Summary Proceedings Regulations 1958.

4 Orders for sentences of community work

(1) The heading to regulation 15L is amended by adding “, community detention, or home detention”.

(2) Regulation 15L is amended by inserting “, community detention, or home detention” after “community work”.

5 Notice of payment of fine if defendant imprisoned, etc

Regulation 15O is amended by inserting “community detention, or home detention,” after “community work,” in each place where it appears.

6 Schedule 1 amended

(1) Schedule 1 is amended by inserting the forms 28A and 28B set out in Schedule 1 of these regulations after form 28.

(2) Schedule 1 is amended by revoking form 30 and substituting the form 30 set out in Schedule 2 of these regulations.

r 6(1)

“Form 28A
“Order for sentence of home detention for unpaid fine”

“Form 28B
“Order for sentence of community detention for unpaid fine”

r 6(2)

“Form 30
“Order for sentence of community work for unpaid fine”

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 October 2007, amend the Summary Proceedings Regulations 1958 (the principal regulations). The amendments reflect changes made to the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 by the provisions of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007, in particular, in regard to the sentences of home detention, community detention, and community work. A substituted form 30 and new forms 28A and 28B are inserted into Schedule 1 of the principal regulations.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 27 September 2007.

Summary Proceedings Amendment Regulations 2007

Summary Proceedings Amendment Regulations 2007

Summary Proceedings Amendment Regulations 2007

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