{"id":"criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013","name":"Criminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013","slug":"criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174453,"registerId":"wa-criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Criminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nCriminal Organisations Control Act 2012\n\nCriminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013\n\nWestern Australia\n\nCriminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Registrar nominated (s. 7) 1\n\n4. Records of declaration proceedings (s. 32) 1\n\n5. Prescribed activities (s. 80) 2\n\n6. Public inspection of information on register (s. 114) 2\n\n7. Corresponding laws (s. 118) 2\n\n8. Application for registration of interstate declaration (s. 119) 3\n\n9. Application for registration of interstate control order (s. 133) 4\n\n10. Form for application for renewal of registration of interstate control order (s. 143) 4\n\nSchedule 1 — Forms\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 6\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nCriminal Organisations Control Act 2012\n\nCriminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Criminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation as follows —\n\n(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the *Gazette*;\n\n(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the *Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012* section 4 comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Registrar nominated (s. 7)\n\nThe Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court is nominated under section 7(5) of the Act as the registrar with whom an application for a declaration that an organisation is a criminal organisation must be lodged.\n\n##### 4. Records of declaration proceedings (s. 32)\n\n(1) The custody of the records of declaration proceedings, once the particular proceedings are complete, is with the Police Force of Western Australia.\n\n(2) A person wishing to have access to the records of declaration proceedings must first obtain the written permission of the Commissioner of Police or a senior police officer authorised to give that permission by the Commissioner.\n\n(3) Permission to have access to the records of declaration proceedings may be stated to be for one or more of the following —\n\n(a) access to particular records;\n\n(b) searching of some or all of the records;\n\n(c) inspection of the records;\n\n(d) copying of particular records.\n\n##### 5. Prescribed activities (s. 80)\n\nFor the purposes of the definition of ***prescribed activity*** in section 80(1) of the Act, any activity required to be licensed under the *Debt Collectors Licensing Act 1964* is a prescribed activity.\n\n##### 6. Public inspection of information on register (s. 114)\n\nThe place at which the Commissioner of Police is to make the information on the register publicly available free of charge under section 114 of the Act is the Perth Police Centre, 2 Fitzgerald Street, Northbridge WA 6003.\n\n##### 7. Corresponding laws (s. 118)\n\nEach of the following provisions is a corresponding law for the purposes of the definition of that term in section 118 of the Act —\n\n(a) *Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012* (New South Wales) section 7 (*declaration*);\n\n(b) *Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012* (New South Wales) section 19 (*control order*);\n\n(c) *Serious and Organised Crime (Control) Act 2008* (South Australia) section 11 (*declaration*);\n\n(d) *Serious and Organised Crime (Control) Act 2008* (South Australia) section 22 (*control order*);\n\n(e) *Criminal Organisation Act 2009* (Queensland) section 10 (*declaration*);\n\n(f) *Criminal Organisation Act 2009* (Queensland) section 18 (*control order*);\n\n(g) *Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012* (Victoria) section 19 (*declaration*);\n\n(h) *Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012* (Victoria) section 43 (*control order*);\n\n(i) *Serious Crime Control Act* (Northern Territory) section 15 (*declaration*);\n\n(j) *Serious Crime Control Act* (Northern Territory) sections 25(2)(a) and 26(4)(a) (*control order*).\n\n##### 8. Application for registration of interstate declaration (s. 119)\n\n(1) An application for the registration of an interstate declaration under section 119 of the Act is to be made by providing the registrar with a written request for registration setting out the following —\n\n(a) the name of the respondent;\n\n(b) a statement indicating that none of the matters set out in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 120 of the Act apply in relation to the application;\n\n(c) a statement indicating that all of the preconditions applicable under paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 121 of the Act have been established;\n\n(d) either —\n\n(i) the date on which the interstate declaration will cease to be in force in the jurisdiction in which it was made (if not revoked sooner); or\n\n(ii) a statement indicating that, under the law of the jurisdiction in which it was made, the interstate declaration will remain in force for an indefinite period.\n\n(2) The written request under subregulation (1) is to be accompanied by the affidavit required by section 119(2) of the Act.\n\n##### 9. Application for registration of interstate control order (s. 133)\n\n(1) An application for the registration of an interstate control order under section 133 of the Act is to be made by providing the registrar with a written request for registration setting out the following —\n\n(a) the name of the respondent;\n\n(b) a statement indicating that none of the matters set out in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 134 of the Act apply in relation to the application;\n\n(c) a statement indicating that all of the preconditions applicable under paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 135(1) of the Act have been established;\n\n(d) a statement indicating whether or not the order needs to be adapted or modified for its effective operation in this State, and details of the adaptation or modification if it does.\n\n(2) The written request under subregulation (1) is to be accompanied by the affidavits and any further statement and details required by section 133(2) of the Act.\n\n##### 10. Form for application for renewal of registration of interstate control order (s. 143)\n\nThe form for an application for the renewal of registration of an interstate control order under section 143 of the Act is Schedule 1 Form 1.\n\nSchedule 1 — Forms\n\n[r. 10]\n\n**Form 1 — Application for renewal of registration of interstate control order**\n\n*Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012* section 143\n\nTo: Registrar, Supreme Court,\n\n1. An interstate control order [*No*. ............] made under [*tick one*] —\n\n the *Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012* (New South Wales) section 19\n\n the *Serious and Organised Crime (Control) Act 2008* (South Australia) section 22\n\n the *Criminal Organisation Act 2009* (Queensland) section 18\n\n the *Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012* (Victoria) section 43\n\n the *Serious Crime Control Act* (Northern Territory) section 25(2)(a) or 26(4)(a)\n\nwas registered under the *Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012* Part 7 Division 3 on ...................................  \n[*date*]\n\n2. The registration of this interstate control order  \nhas expired / expires on ...................................  \n[*date*]\n\n3. This is an application to renew the registration of that interstate control order.\n\n4. The affidavit required by section 143(2)(c) of the Act accompanies this application.\n\n.........................................................................  \n[*Signature of Commissioner of Police or delegate*]\n\n..............................................................  \n[*date*]\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Criminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013.* The following table contains information about those regulations.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Criminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013* | 1 Nov 2013 p. 4929-39 | r. 1 and 2: 1 Nov 2013 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 2 Nov 2013 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 1 Nov 2013 p. 4891) |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative content was retrievable. The source page for the Criminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013 (WA) has been removed or relocated on the Western Australian legislation website."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was provided — the source URL returned a 'page not found' error","The content retrieved is a system notice and an Acknowledgement of Country, not legislative text","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the actual regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content available.**\n\nThe page that was meant to contain the *Criminal Organisations Control Regulations 2013* (Western Australia) is no longer accessible — the link is broken and the content could not be retrieved. No analysis of the actual law can be provided based on the information supplied."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: providing administrative machinery for the Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012. They cover registrar nomination, records management, prescribed activities, public access to registers, interstate recognition, and forms. There is no evidence of scope creep beyond the essential operational details required to give effect to the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Short length (10 regulations plus one schedule)","Minimal defined terms (relies on definitions in parent Act)","Straightforward procedural rules without nested conditions","Single schedule containing only one form","Clear cross-references to specific sections of the parent Act rather than complex interlocking provisions","No exceptions to exceptions or deeply conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations are the operational 'nuts and bolts' that make Western Australia's anti-bikie and organised crime laws work in practice. They set out the administrative details for the **Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Appoints the gatekeeper**: Nominates the Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court as the person who receives applications to have groups declared as criminal organisations.\n- **Controls access to court records**: Says that once court proceedings finish, the police hold the records. Anyone wanting to see them needs written permission from the Police Commissioner or a senior officer.\n- **Expands controlled activities**: Adds debt collection work to the list of activities that controlled members of criminal organisations are banned from doing (debt collection already requires a licence under separate WA law).\n- **Sets up a public register**: Requires the police to make information about declared criminal organisations available for free public inspection at the Perth Police Centre in Northbridge.\n- **Enables national cooperation**: Lists the equivalent laws from NSW, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory. This allows 'interstate declarations' and 'control orders' (court orders restricting someone's activities) made in other states to be registered and enforced in WA.\n- **Sets out the paperwork**: Details exactly what information must be provided when applying to register interstate orders, and provides a standard form for renewing those registrations.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Police and court staff who administer the scheme\n- Members of organisations that might be declared criminal (outlaw motorcycle gangs, etc.)\n- Lawyers representing those members\n- Members of the public who want to check the register\n- Interstate law enforcement agencies seeking to enforce orders across borders\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout these regulations, the main Act would be unworkable. They create the practical mechanisms for court applications, record-keeping, interstate enforcement, and public transparency. The interstate recognition provisions are particularly significant—they allow WA to enforce restrictions on organised crime figures even when those restrictions were originally imposed by courts in other Australian states."},"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":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations do not alter the Act’s core offences or control powers but they extend and specify the Act’s operational reach by prescribing a particular activity as a 'prescribed activity' (reg 5, applying s.80) and by setting procedural gateways and recognition rules for interstate declarations and control orders (regs 7–9, Sch 1). These changes determine which activities and interstate orders are treated under the Act and who controls access and registration, shifting practical capture and compliance costs to police, registrars and applicants."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references throughout to multiple sections of the Criminal Organisations Control Act (eg. ss 7, 32, 80, 114, 118, 119, 133, 143) increase the need to read both instruments together (regs 3–10).","Inter-jurisdictional recognition: explicit list of corresponding laws in other States/Territories requires reconciliation of differing substantive and procedural regimes (reg 7).","Administrative discretion and gatekeeping: police hold custody of records and control access by written permission, creating decision points and potential variation (reg 4).","Prescriptive specification of activity scope: regulation prescribing Debt Collectors Licensing Act activities as 'prescribed activity' alters how the Act’s prohibitions or controls apply in practice (reg 5).","Formal application and affidavit requirements for registering interstate declarations and control orders create documentary and evidentiary burdens on applicants (regs 8–9, Sch 1 Form 1).","Designated public inspection location centralises access but may impose travel/availability costs on the public (reg 6).","Use of a specific court official (Principal Registrar) as the nominated recipient centralises administrative routing but concentrates procedural responsibilities (reg 3)."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out the practical, administrative steps that implement the Criminal Organisations Control Act: they nominate the court registrar for declaration applications, place custody of declaration records with WA Police (access subject to police permission), prescribe that activities requiring a debt collectors licence count as a \"prescribed activity\", fix where the public may inspect the register, and provide forms and procedures for registering interstate declarations and control orders. They chiefly affect police, court registrars, applicants and persons subject to declarations/orders by creating routine compliance, application and disclosure processes."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013","history":"/api/acts/criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/criminal-organisations-control-regulations-2013/documents"}}