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Crimes (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Act 2016
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> > (1) In this Act—
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> > appropriate court, in relation to an application for, or the making of, a serious crime prevention order against a person, means—
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> > > (a) if the ground for making the order is that the person has been convicted of a serious criminal offence—either the Supreme Court or the District Court, or
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> > > (b) if the ground for making the order is that the person has been involved in serious crime related activity for which the person has not been convicted of a serious criminal offence—the Supreme Court.
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> > eligible applicant means any of the following—
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> > > (a) the Commissioner of Police,
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> > > (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions,
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> > > (c) the New South Wales Crime Commission.
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> > involved in serious crime related activity—see section 4.
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> > modification includes addition, exception, omission or substitution.
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> > serious crime prevention order—see section 5.
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> > serious crime related activity means anything done by a person that is or was at the time a serious criminal offence, whether or not—
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> > > (a) the person has been charged with the offence, or
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> > > (b) if charged, the person—
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> > > > (i) has been tried, or
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> > > > (ii) has been tried and acquitted, or
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> > > > (iii) has been convicted (even if the conviction has been quashed or set aside).
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> > serious criminal offence has the same meaning as in the [Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1990-023).
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> > Note—
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> > The [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015) contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.
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> > (2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.