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CONFISCATION OF PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1989 - As at 1 February 2023 - Act 90 of 1989 - NOTES

Does not include amendments by--

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022 No 73 (not commenced)

Editorial note

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office is progressively updating certain formatting styles in versions of NSW in force legislation published from 29 July 2019. For example, colons are being replaced by em-rules (em-dashes). Text of the legislation is not affected.
This version has been updated.

Reprint history--

Reprint No 1   23 March 1992  
Reprint No 2   9 October 2001  
Reprint No 3   10 August 2004  
Reprint No 4   12 February 2008  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 No 90. Assented to 13.6.1989. Date of commencement, Div 4 of Part 2 excepted, 11.1.1991, sec 2 and GG No 11 of 11.1.1991, p 443; date of commencement of Div 4 of Part 2, 1.1.2008, sec 2 and GG No 175 of 30.11.2007, p 8672. This Act has been amended as follows--

1989 No 226 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989, 11.1.1991, Sch 1 and GG No 11 of 11.1.1991, p 444.
1990 No 108 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990. Assented to 13.12.1990.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989, 11.1.1991, Sch 1 and GG No 11 of 11.1.1991, p 443.
1991 No 92 Search Warrants (Amendment) Act 1991. Assented to 17.12.1991.
Date of commencement, 20.9.1992, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 18.9.1992, p 6837.
1996 No 29 Police Legislation Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.12.1996, sec 2 and GG No 137 of 29.11.1996, p 7724.
1998 No 73 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Ongoing Dealing) Act 1998. Assented to 14.7.1998.
Date of commencement, 7.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 24.7.1998, p 5603.
1999 No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.7, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487.
2001 No 34 Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.
No 112 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 121 Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002 No 103 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.
No 130 Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 17.12.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 24.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 49 of 21.2.2003, p 2196.
2003 No 40 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.7, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005 No 73 Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 21.10.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 1 (except Sch 1 [1[#93]-[4[#93] [6[#93] [8[#93] (insofar as it inserts a definition of
"freezing notice") [16[#93] [20[#93]-[23[#93] [25[#93]-[30[#93] [34[#93] [37[#93]-[72[#93] [77[#93] [78[#93] [84[#93] [97[#93]-[103[#93] and [105[#93]), 28.10.2005, sec 2 and GG No 132 of 28.10.2005, p 8934; date of commencement of Sch 1 [1[#93]-[4[#93] [6[#93] [8[#93] (insofar as it inserts a definition of
"freezing notice") [16[#93] [20[#93]-[23[#93] [25[#93]-[30[#93] [34[#93] [37[#93]-[72[#93] [77[#93] [78[#93] [84[#93] [97[#93]-[103[#93] and [105[#93], 1.1.2008, sec 2 and GG No 175 of 30.11.2007, p 8671. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No 27. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 98 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007 No 56 Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 15.11.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.1.2008, sec 2 (2) and GG No 175 of 30.11.2007, p 8671.
No 94 Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Schs 2, 3 and 7, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. Amended by Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2008 No 107. Assented to 8.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 21, assent, sec 2 (1).
2008 107 Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 8.12.2008.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 19.2.2010, sec 2 (2) and 2010 (33) LW 12.2.2010.
2009 No 27 Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 19.5.2009.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 49 NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.
No 77 Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 3.11.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.7, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 92 Criminal Assets Recovery Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 26.11.2009.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 99 Crimes Amendment (Fraud, Identity and Forgery Offences) Act 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009.
Date of commencement, 22.2.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (41) LW 19.2.2010.
No 106 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009.
Date of commencement of Schs 2 and 4, 8.1.2010, sec 2 (2).
2010 No 57 Personal Property Securities Legislation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, 30.1.2012, sec 2 and 2011 (661) LW 16.12.2011.
2016 No 16 Criminal Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Public Safety) Act 2016. Assented to 11.5.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 8.9.2016, sec 2 and 2016 (577) LW 8.9.2016.
No 61 Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016. Assented to 14.11.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.4, 1.7.2017, sec 2 (1) and 2017 (256) LW 16.6.2017.
2017 No 40 Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2017. Assented to 14.8.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2022 No 55 Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2022. Assented to 26.10.2022.
Date of commencement, 1.2.2023, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Am 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [1[#93].
Sec 4 Am 1996 No 29, Sch 2 (1) (2); 1998 No 73, Sch 2.2; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.7 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2001 No 112, Sch 2.6; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.56 [1[#93]; 2002 No 130, Sch 3 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [1[#93]-[16[#93]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2009 No 27, Sch 1.2; 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2016 No 61, Sch 6.4 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2017 No 40, Sch 1.3 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2022 No 55, Sch 1[1[#93]-[4[#93].
Sec 5 Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.7 [3[#93] [4[#93].
Sec 6 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [17[#93] [18[#93].
Sec 7 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [19[#93]; 2009 No 106, Sch 2.3.
Sec 12 Am 2022 No 55, Sch 1[5[#93].
Sec 13 Am 2002 No 130, Sch 3 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 2003 No 40, Sch 2.7; 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [20[#93] [21[#93]; 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [4[#93]; 2022 No 55, Sch 1[6[#93].
Secs 14, 15 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [22[#93].
Part 2, Div 1A Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 17A Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 17B Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 17C Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 17D Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 17E Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 17F Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 17G Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 17H Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 18 Am 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 2002 No 130, Sch 3 [5[#93] [6[#93]; 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [23[#93] [24[#93].
Sec 22 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2022 No 55, Sch 1[8[#93].
Sec 25 Am 2002 No 130, Sch 3 [7[#93]-[9[#93]; 2017 No 40, Sch 1.3 [3[#93].
Sec 26 Am 2017 No 40, Sch 1.3 [4[#93].
Sec 27 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [25[#93].
Sec 29 Subst 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [26[#93].
Sec 30 Subst 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [26[#93]. Am 2017 No 40, Sch 1.3 [5[#93].
Sec 31 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [27[#93] [28[#93].
Sec 31A Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [29[#93] (am 2007 No 27, Sch 4.6).
Sec 32 Subst 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [30[#93].
Part 2, Div 5 Ins 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [5[#93].
Sec 33 Am 2001 No 34, Sch 2.6. Rep 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [30[#93]. Ins 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [5[#93].
Part 2, Div 6 Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[9[#93].
Sec 34 Rep 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [30[#93]. Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[9[#93].
Sec 34A Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[9[#93].
Sec 35 Am 1991 No 92, Sch 2; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.12 [1[#93]; 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [31[#93] [32[#93]; 2009 No 77, Sch 2.7 [1[#93]; 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [6[#93].
Sec 36 Am 1991 No 92, Sch 2; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.12 [2[#93]-[4[#93]; 2009 No 77, Sch 2.7 [2[#93]; 2022 No 55, Sch 1[10[#93] [11[#93].
Sec 37 Subst 2022 No 55, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 38 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.56 [2[#93].
Sec 39 Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.12 [5[#93].
Sec 41 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [33[#93].
Sec 42 Rep 2022 No 55, Sch 1[13[#93].
Part 3, Div 1A Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93].
Sec 42A Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93].
Sec 42B Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93]. Am 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [7[#93].
Sec 42C Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93]. Am 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [8[#93].
Secs 42D-42K Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93].
Sec 42L Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93]. Am 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [9[#93].
Sec 42M Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93].
Secs 42N-42S Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93].
Sec 42T Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93].
Secs 42U, 42V Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34[#93].
Sec 43 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [35[#93]-[37[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93]; 2009 No 92, Sch 2 [1[#93]; 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [10[#93].
Sec 43A Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[14[#93].
Sec 44A Ins 2009 No 92, Sch 2 [2[#93].
Sec 45 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [38[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93].
Sec 45A (previously sec 50) Renumbered 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [39[#93]. Am 2008 No 107, Sch 4 [1[#93].
Sec 45B (previously sec 55) Renumbered 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [40[#93].
Part 3, Div 3, heading Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [41[#93].
Sec 46 Subst 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [42[#93]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93].
Sec 47 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [43[#93]-[49[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93] [2[#93].
Sec 48 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [50[#93]-[53[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93]; 2010 No 57, Sch 1.2 [1[#93] [2[#93].
Sec 49 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [54[#93]-[59[#93].
Sec 51 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [60[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93] [3[#93].
Sec 51A Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [61[#93]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93].
Sec 52 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [62[#93] [63[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93] [3[#93] [4[#93].
Sec 53 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [64[#93] [65[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93].
Sec 54 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [66[#93]-[68[#93].
Sec 56 Rep 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [69[#93].
Sec 57 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [70[#93] [71[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93] [2[#93] [5[#93].
Sec 62 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [72[#93].
Sec 66 Am 2022 No 55, Sch 1[15[#93].
Sec 67A Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[16[#93].
Sec 67B Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[16[#93].
Sec 67C Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[16[#93].
Sec 69 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [73[#93]; 2009 No 99, Sch 4.1.
Sec 70 Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.11.
Sec 71A Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[17[#93].
Sec 71B Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[17[#93].
Sec 71C Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[17[#93].
Sec 72 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [74[#93]; 2009 No 99, Sch 4.1. Subst 2022 No 55, Sch 1[17[#93].
Part 5, Div 1 (sec 73) Rep 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [75[#93].
Part 5, Div 2, heading Rep 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [76[#93].
Sec 74 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.56 [3[#93]; 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [77[#93]-[79[#93]; 2007 No 94, Schs 2 (am 2008 No 107, Sch 21 [2[#93] [4[#93]), 3; 2008 No 107, Sch 4 [2[#93] [3[#93].
Sec 77 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [80[#93]-[82[#93].
Sec 78A Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [83[#93].
Sec 79 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [84[#93].
Sec 80 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [85[#93] [86[#93].
Sec 81 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [87[#93] [88[#93].
Sec 82 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [89[#93] [90[#93].
Sec 83 Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93]; 2010 No 57, Sch 1.2 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 2017 No 40, Sch 1.3 [4[#93].
Sec 84 Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.13 [1[#93].
Sec 85 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [91[#93]-[95[#93].
Sec 87 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [96[#93]; 2007 No 56, Sch 3 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2007 No 94, Schs 2, 3; 2009 No 106, Sch 4.8 [1[#93] [2[#93].
Sec 88A Ins 1996 No 29, Sch 2 (3). Subst 2016 No 61, Sch 6.4 [3[#93].
Sec 89 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [97[#93] [98[#93].
Sec 90 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [99[#93]-[103[#93].
Sec 91 Am 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [104[#93] [105[#93]; 2022 No 55, Sch 1[18[#93].
Sec 92 Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1.
Sec 94 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.56 [4[#93].
Sec 97 Ins 2022 No 55, Sch 1[19[#93].
Sch 1 Am 2002 No 130, Sch 3 [10[#93]-[12[#93]; 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [106[#93]-[108[#93]; 2008 No 107, Sch 4 [4[#93]; 2009 No 92, Sch 2 [3[#93]; 2016 No 16, Sch 1 [11[#93]-[13[#93]; 2017 No 40, Sch 1.3 [6[#93]; 2022 No 55, Sch 1[20[#93].


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