Proceeds of Crime Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. )

Proceeds of Crime Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 4)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 257

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Dated 4 October 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON

Minister for Justice and Customs

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Proceeds of Crime Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 4).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Proceeds of Crime Regulations 2002

Schedule 1 amends the Proceeds of Crime Regulations 2002.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] After regulation 3

insert

3A Meaning of authorised officer

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), for paragraph (e) of the definition of authorised officer in section 338 of the Act, a person engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 who is performing duties in the Australian Taxation Office and who is authorised by the Commissioner of Taxation for the purposes of that paragraph is specified for the purposes of the Act.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the use of the term ‘authorised officer’ in:

(a) Part 3‑5 of the Act (except section 225); or

(b) the definition of executing officer in section 338 of the Act.

(3) To avoid doubt, subregulation (1) applies to the use of the term ‘authorised officer’ in the definition of person assisting in section 338 of the Act.

[2] After regulation 4

insert

4A Meaning of enforcement agency

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), for paragraph (b) of the definition of enforcement agency in section 338 of the Act, the Australian Taxation Office is specified as a revenue agency for the purposes of the Act.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the use of the term ‘enforcement agency’ in section 254 of the Act.