{"id":"sl-2017-6","name":"Crimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017","slug":"crimes-assumed-identities-regulation-2017","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"6 of 2017","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173309,"registerId":"act-sl-2017-6-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Crimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCrimes (Assumed Identities)\nRegulation 2017\nSL2017-6\nmade under the\nCrimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2009\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 25 April 2017\nRepublication date: 25 April 2017\nRegulation not amended\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 Crimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017, made under the\nCrimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2009 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act\n2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 25 April 2017. It also includes any\ncommencement, repeal or expiry affecting this 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 ACT\nlegislation 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 by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act\n2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an\nindividual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n25/04/17\nCrimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/04/17\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCrimes (Assumed Identities)\nRegulation 2017\nmade under the\nCrimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2009\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Corresponding law—Act, dict, def corresponding law 2\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 3\n2 Abbreviation key 3\n3 Legislation history 4\n4 Amendment history 4\n\n\n\nR1\n25/04/17\nCrimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/04/17\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCrimes (Assumed Identities)\nRegulation 2017\nmade under the\nCrimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2009\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Crimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/04/17\nR1\n25/04/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Crimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017.\n3 Corresponding law—Act, dict, def corresponding law\nThe following laws are declared to correspond to the Act:\n(a) the Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth), part 1AC;\n(b) the Law Enforcement and National Security (Assumed\nIdentities) Act 2010 (NSW);\n(c) the Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2004 (Vic);\n(d) the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld),\nchapter 12;\n(e) the Criminal Investigation (Covert Powers) Act 2012 (WA),\npart 3;\n(f) the Criminal Investigation (Covert Operations) Act 2009 (SA),\npart 3;\n(g) the Police Powers (Assumed Identities) Act 2006 (Tas);\n(h) the Police (Special Investigative and Other Powers) Act 2015\n(NT), part 3.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n25/04/17\nCrimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/04/17\npage 3\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 law\nbut 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 are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\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\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 4 Crimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/04/17\nR1\n25/04/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nCrimes (Assumed Identities) Regulation 2017 SL2017-6\nnotified LR 24 April 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 24 April 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 25 April 2017 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2017","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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It mainly affects police, prosecutors, courts and people subject to assumed‑identity powers by aligning ACT rules with the listed Commonwealth and state statutes; penalties that apply are quantified using penalty units under the Legislation Act 2001 (see endnotes)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation maintains its original narrow technical purpose of declaring corresponding laws. It has not expanded beyond this single function since its creation."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 substantive sections (section 1 is the name, section 3 is the only operative provision)","No defined terms in the regulation itself (relies entirely on the parent Act's definitions)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references within the regulation text","Single purpose: declaratory list of corresponding laws","Total length: approximately 1 page of substantive content","No penalties, offences, or enforcement mechanisms within the regulation"],"plain_english_summary":"This short regulation declares which Commonwealth and state/territory laws correspond to the ACT’s Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2009.  \n\nThat recognition lets police, intelligence and witness-protection arrangements rely on assumed identities across jurisdictions, reducing legal uncertainty for cross-border undercover operations and any legal questions about the lawfulness of an assumed identity."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/crimes-assumed-identities-regulation-2017","history":"/api/acts/crimes-assumed-identities-regulation-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/crimes-assumed-identities-regulation-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/crimes-assumed-identities-regulation-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/crimes-assumed-identities-regulation-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/crimes-assumed-identities-regulation-2017/documents"}}