New serious, organised crime legislation

22/03/2016

Police Commissioner Scipione and Minister for Justice and Police Troy Grant have announced that the NSW Government will introduce to Parliament the Crimes (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Bill 2016 and the Criminal Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Public Safety) Bill 2016. One of the provisions is for public safety orders that can be "issued by a senior police officer for up to 72 hours to ban a person from attending a specific public event or premises, if that person poses a serious risk to public safety or security". View the media release here.