{"id":"sl-2004-21","name":"Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004","slug":"australian-crime-commission-act-regulation-2004","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"21 of 2004","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173251,"registerId":"act-sl-2004-21-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT)\nRegulation 2004\nSL2004-21\nmade under the\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT) Act 2003\nRepublication No 2\nEffective: 4 November 2004\nRepublication date: 4 November 2004\nRegulation not amended\n(republication includes editorial amendments\nunder Legislation Act)\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004, made\nunder the Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Act 2003 (including any amendment made\nunder the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 4 November 2004.\nIt also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced\namendment, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the\nuncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nThe value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date\nis—\n(a) if the person charged is an individual—$100; or\n(b) if the person charged is a corporation—$500.\n\nR2\n04/11/04\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 04/11/04\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT)\nRegulation 2004\nmade under the\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT) Act 2003\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Notes 2\n4 Service of summons on individuals—Act, s 26 (1) and (3) 2\n5 Service of summons on corporations—Act, s 26 (1) and (3) 3\n6 Approved forms 4\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 5\n2 Abbreviation key 5\n3 Legislation history 6\n4 Amendment history 6\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 04/11/04\nR2\n04/11/04\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications 6\n\nR2\n04/11/04\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 04/11/04\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT)\nRegulation 2004\nmade under the\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT) Act 2003\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 04/11/04\nR2\n04/11/04\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Australian Crime Commission (ACT)\nRegulation 2004.\n3 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of\nthis regulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of\nnotes.\n4 Service of summons on individuals—Act, s 26 (1) and (3)\n(1) A summons may be served on an individual by—\n(a) giving a copy of the summons to the individual; or\n(b) if on the giving of the summons the individual refuses to\naccept it—\n(i) putting it down in the presence of the individual; or\n(ii) leaving it at or on the place or premises where the\nindividual is.\n(2) If service under subsection (1) is not practicable, a copy of the\nsummons may be served on an individual by—\n(a) leaving it at the last-known or usual place of residence or\nbusiness of the individual with someone else who is, or is\nreasonably believed to be—\n(i) over 16 years old; and\n(ii) living, or employed, at that place; or\n(b) sending it by registered post or certified mail to the individual\nat the last-known or usual place of residence or business, or\npostal address, of the individual.\n\nSection 5\nR2\n04/11/04\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 04/11/04\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(3) A judge may direct that a summons may be served on an individual\nby—\n(a) leaving a copy of the summons with another individual\nidentified in the direction, who in the judge’s opinion is a\nperson likely to bring the contents of the summons to the\nnotice of the individual; or\n(b) sending a copy of the summons by registered post or certified\nmail to an address stated in the direction, that the judge has\nreasonable grounds to believe to be the address of a place\nfrequented by the individual.\n(4) However, a judge must not give a direction under subsection (3)\nunless the judge is satisfied, based on information given in writing\nby an examiner, that—\n(a) service of the summons on the individual under subsection (1)\nor (2) has not been, or is not likely to be, successful; and\n(b) service of the summons in accordance with the direction is\nlikely to result in the summons coming to the notice of the\nindividual.\n(5) In this section:\njudge includes a judge of the Federal Court.\nNote Judge is defined in the Legislation Act to mean a resident judge,\nadditional judge or acting judge under the Supreme Court Act 1933 (see\nLegislation Act, dict, pt 1).\n5 Service of summons on corporations—Act, s 26 (1)\nand (3)\nA summons may be served on a corporation by—\n(a) giving a copy of the summons to a person, at the head office, a\nregistered office, a principal office or a principal place of\nbusiness of the corporation, who is, or is reasonably believed to\nbe—\n\nSection 6\npage 4 Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 04/11/04\nR2\n04/11/04\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(i) an officer of, or in the service of, the corporation; and\n(ii) over 16 years old; or\n(b) if the person refuses to accept a copy of the summons—leaving\nit at or on the premises where the person is; or\n(c) sending a copy of the summons by registered post or certified\nmail, to the head office, a registered office, a principal office or\na principal place of business, or postal address, of the\ncorporation.\n6 Approved forms\n(1) The Minister may, in writing, approve forms for the Act.\nNote For other provisions about forms, see the Legislation Act, s 255.\n(2) If the Minister approves a form for a particular purpose, the\napproved form must be used for that purpose.\n(3) An approved form is a notifiable instrument.\nNote A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR2\n04/11/04\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 04/11/04\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and\nthe amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions\nand amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last\nendnote.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nam = amended ord = ordinance\namdt = amendment orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\ndef = definition pres = present\ndict = dictionary prev = previous\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative (prev...) = previously\nAssembly pt = part\ndiv = division r = rule/subrule\nexp = expires/expired renum = renumbered\nGaz = gazette reloc = relocated\nhdg = heading R[X] = Republication No\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 RI = reissue\nins = inserted/added s = section/subsection\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 sch = schedule\nLR = legislation register sdiv = subdivision\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 sub = substituted\nmod = modified/modification SL = Subordinate Law\no = order underlining = whole or part not commenced\nom = omitted/repealed or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 6 Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 04/11/04\nR2\n04/11/04\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis regulation was originally the Australian Crime Commission (ACT)\nRegulations 2004. It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.\nAustralian Crime Commission (ACT) Regulation 2004 SL2004-21\nnotified LR 22 June 2004\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 June 2004 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 23 June 2004 (LA s 73 (3))\n4 Amendment history\nName of regulation\ns 1 am R2 LA\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications\nare marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Except for the footer, electronic and\nprinted versions of an authorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n23 June 2004\n23 June 2004\n3 Nov 2004\nnot amended new regulation\n© Australian Capital Territory 2004","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The republished regulation implements procedural rules on service and forms without changing substantive scope. The legislation history records a renaming from 'Regulations' to 'Regulation' and allows editorial amendments under the Legislation Act (see endnotes and 'About this republication'); no substantive amendment to the operational reach is indicated."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple permitted methods of service for individuals (personal delivery, leaving at premises, registered post) and conditional judge‑ordered alternatives (s 4(1)–(4))","Separate, simpler service rules for corporations (service on officer at head/registered/principal office or by post) (s 5)","Judge discretion limited by an evidentiary precondition: written information from an examiner that ordinary service has failed or is unlikely to succeed (s 4(3)–(4))","Ministerial power to approve mandatory forms that must be used (s 6(1)–(2)); approved forms are notifiable instruments (s 6(3))","Cross‑references to the parent Act and the Legislation Act for definitions and legal status of notes and forms (headings; notes referring to Legislation Act, s 127 and s 255)","Different penalty‑unit values for individuals and corporations stated in the republished law preamble (penalty unit values)","Short, procedural scope limited to service and forms — few substantive or novel regulatory obligations"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation prescribes how summons under the Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Act are to be served and requires the use of Minister‑approved forms. It gives practical methods for serving individuals (personal delivery, leaving at premises, registered post; judges may order alternative service if normal service is impracticable) and for serving corporations (delivery to officers at offices or by registered post). Judges decide on alternative service methods and penalty unit values set fines for offences."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation appears to maintain its original narrow scope as a procedural instrument supporting the parent Act. It deals specifically with service of summons and approved forms—exactly what one would expect from a regulation made under the Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Act 2003. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the original administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (6 pages total, ~3 pages of substantive content)","Only 3 operative sections (sections 4, 5, and 6)","Minimal defined terms (only 'judge' is explicitly defined in section 4, with a cross-reference to the Legislation Act dictionary)","Straightforward procedural rules without nested conditions or exceptions","Simple structure: service on individuals, service on corporations, approved forms","No complex cross-referencing beyond basic references to the parent Act (Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Act 2003) and standard ACT legislation machinery provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets practical rules for how the Australian Crime Commission may serve summonses in the ACT — specifying authorised delivery methods for people and companies, allowing judicially approved alternative methods when standard service fails, and permitting Minister-approved official forms. It affects individuals and corporations subject to ACC examination and the judges/examiners overseeing service, ensuring clarity on proper notice and preventing evasion while protecting procedural fairness."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-crime-commission-act-regulation-2004","history":"/api/acts/australian-crime-commission-act-regulation-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-crime-commission-act-regulation-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-crime-commission-act-regulation-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-crime-commission-act-regulation-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-crime-commission-act-regulation-2004/documents"}}