Sentencing (Offender Levy) Amendment Act 2009 Commencement Order 2010
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Sentencing (Offender Levy) Amendment Act 2009 Commencement Order 2010
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 26th day of April 2010
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to section 2 of the Sentencing (Offender Levy) Amendment Act 2009, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
Order
1 Title
This order is the Sentencing (Offender Levy) Amendment Act 2009 Commencement Order 2010.
2 Commencement
The Sentencing (Offender Levy) Amendment Act 2009 comes into force on 1 July 2010.
Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order brings into force, on 1 July 2010, the Sentencing (Offender Levy) Amendment Act 2009.
The Sentencing (Offender Levy) Amendment Act 2009 amends the Sentencing Act 2002 to impose a levy of $50 on convicted offenders at the point of sentencing. The levy is to be paid into a specific Crown bank account known as the victims' services bank account.
Date of notification in Gazette: 29 April 2010.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Justice.