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This regulation names Iraq, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu as “declared foreign countries” under the Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964, so acts in those places fall within the Act while the designation is in force. The designation starts on commencement of the Crimes (Overseas) (Declared Foreign Countries) Amendment Regulations 2025 and ends on 1 April 2029. The prior 2003 regulations continue to apply to acts that occurred before 1 July 2019.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Crimes (Overseas) (Declared Foreign Countries) Regulations 2019.
This instrument is the Crimes (Overseas) (Declared Foreign Countries) Regulations 2019.
This instrument is made under the Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964.
In this instrument:
Act means the Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964.
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3C(1)(a) of the Act, each of the following foreign countries is a declared foreign country for the purposes of the Act: (b) Iraq; (c) Nauru; (d) Papua New Guinea; (e) Solomon Islands; (f) Vanuatu. (2) For the purposes of subsection 3C(3) of the Act, each foreign country mentioned in subsection (1): (a) is to start being a declared foreign country for the purposes of the Act on the day the Crimes (Overseas) (Declared Foreign Countries) Amendment Regulations 2025 commence; and (b) is to cease being a declared foreign country for the purposes of the Act on 1 April 2029.
Despite the repeal of the Crimes (Overseas) (Declared Foreign Countries) Regulations 2003 by Schedule 1 to this instrument, those regulations, as in force immediately before 1 July 2019, continue to apply in respect of an act of a person in a foreign country that occurred before that day.
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This instrument is the Crimes (Overseas) (Declared Foreign Countries) Regulations 2019.
This instrument is made under the Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964.
In this instrument:
Act means the Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964.
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3C(1)(a) of the Act, each of the following foreign countries is a declared foreign country for the purposes of the Act: (b) Iraq; (c) Nauru; (d) Papua New Guinea; (e) Solomon Islands; (f) Vanuatu. (2) For the purposes of subsection 3C(3) of the Act, each foreign country mentioned in subsection (1): (a) is to start being a declared foreign country for the purposes of the Act on the day the Crimes (Overseas) (Declared Foreign Countries) Amendment Regulations 2025 commence; and (b) is to cease being a declared foreign country for the purposes of the Act on 1 April 2029.
Despite the repeal of the Crimes (Overseas) (Declared Foreign Countries) Regulations 2003 by Schedule 1 to this instrument, those regulations, as in force immediately before 1 July 2019, continue to apply in respect of an act of a person in a foreign country that occurred before that day.