Crimes Regulation 2015



1   Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Crimes Regulation 2015.
2   Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 September 2015 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
Note—
This Regulation replaces the Crimes Regulation 2010 which is repealed on 1 September 2015 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
3   Definitions
(1)  In this Regulation:
the Act means the Crimes Act 1900.
(2)  Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.
4   Concealment of offences by certain persons
For the purposes of sections 316 (5) and 316A (7) of the Act, the following professions, callings or vocations are prescribed:
(a)  a legal practitioner,
(b)  a medical practitioner,
(c)  a psychologist,
(d)  a nurse,
(e)  a social worker, including:
(i)  a support worker for victims of crime, and
(ii)  a counsellor who treats persons for emotional or psychological conditions suffered by them,
(f)  a member of the clergy of any church or religious denomination,
(g)  a researcher for professional or academic purposes,
(h)  if the child abuse offence referred to in section 316A (1) of the Act is an offence under section 60E of the Act, a school teacher, including a principal of a school,
(i)  an arbitrator,
(j)  a mediator.
cl 4: Am 2018 No 33, Sch 5.5 [1] [2].
5   Savings
Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Crimes Regulation 2010, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation.