Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Regulations 2025
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South Australia Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Regulations 2025 under the Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Act 2009
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation 4 Corresponding unexplained wealth orders (section 3(1)) 5 Deposit holders (section 3(1)) 6 Prescribed requirements for duplicate warrant (section 16(4)(g)(ii)) 7 Prescribed form of notice (section 17) 8 Prescribed manner of giving notices (section 38) Schedule 1—Prescribed form of notice Schedule 2—Repeal of Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Regulations 2010 Legislative history
1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Regulations 2025. 2—Commencement These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made. 3—Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Act 2009; payment services means services providing for, or facilitating, the payment or transfer of money or the granting of credit by 1 person to another person (and includes a service provided by electronic means). 4—Corresponding unexplained wealth orders (section 3(1)) (1) The following kinds of orders made under a law of a State, Territory or the Commonwealth are declared to be within the definition of corresponding unexplained wealth order in section 3(1) of the Act: (a) orders that are made under relevant Acts and that require the payment of an amount of money by a person in respect of property or benefits that have not been lawfully acquired; (b) orders that are made under relevant Acts and that are similar in nature to literary proceeds orders under the Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 2005; (c) recognised Australian pecuniary penalty orders (within the meaning of the Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 2005). (2) The following are relevant Acts for the purposes of this regulation: (a) the Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 of New South Wales; (b) the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 of New South Wales; (c) the Confiscation Act 1997 of Victoria; (d) the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 of Queensland; (e) the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 of Western Australia; (f) the Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993 of Tasmania; (g) the Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002 of the Northern Territory; (h) the Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003 of the Australian Capital Territory; (i) the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 of the Commonwealth. 5—Deposit holders (section 3(1)) Institutions that engage in any 1 or more of the following activities are declared to be deposit holders for the purposes of the definition in section 3(1) of the Act: (a) acting as an agent for an ADI; (b) acting as a broker (of any kind); (c) the provision of accountancy services; (d) the provision of betting or gaming services; (e) the provision of payment services; (f) money lending; (g) dealing in commodities. 6—Prescribed requirements for duplicate warrant (section 16(4)(g)(ii)) For the purposes of section 16(4)(g)(ii) of the Act, the duplicate warrant must comply with the following additional requirements: (a) the duplicate warrant must specify that it is a duplicate warrant and has been filled out following the making of an application to a judicial officer by telephone; (b) the duplicate warrant must specify the date on which, and time at which, the judicial officer signed the warrant. 7—Prescribed form of notice (section 17) The notice set out in Schedule 1 is prescribed for the purposes of section 17(4)(a) of the Act. 8—Prescribed manner of giving notices (section 38) For the purposes of section 38 of the Act, the following additional manners of giving or serving a notice, order or other document are prescribed: (a) in the case of a notice, order or other document to be given to or served on a corporation— (i) by leaving it for the corporation at the registered address of the corporation; or (ii) by posting it to the corporation at the registered address of the corporation; (b) in any case— (i) by a means indicated by the person as being an available means of service (such as by email, fax or by delivering it, addressed to the person, to the facilities of a document exchange); or (ii) by any other means in accordance with Chapter 5 Part 2 of the Uniform Civil Rules 2020 made under the Supreme Court Act 1935, the District Court Act 1991 and the Magistrates Court Act 1991 and as in force from time to time. Schedule 1—Prescribed form of notice Notice of execution of warrant under Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Act 2009 (section 17(4)(a))