Dear NSW Crime Commission,

Please provide records of the professional fees paid to barristers of the independent bar in the period 1998-2011.

Yours faithfully,

(Not the real) Bob Neil

Dear Government Information Officer,

Thank you for your response to my request for information about barristers' fees paid by the Crime Commission.

I would be grateful if you would please assist with another request that I wish to make.

I am seeking an extract from the 'register of interests' formerly kept by the Crime Commission pursuant to Crime Commission Regulations 2012, sub-regulation 7(4), recording potential conflicts of interest on the part of a Commissioner and/or Assistant Commissioner. I am seeking any entries in the register of interests in relation to Mr Peter Singleton, who was both an Assistant Commissioner and Commissioner.

It appears that this regulation was omitted from the more recent Crime Commission Regulations 2022, and there now may no longer be the same obligation of disclosure imposed on a Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner to disclose such matters.

The Crime Commission Regulations 2022 include a "repeal and savings" clause at Regulation 11, the effect of which is that any "act, matter or thing" that had effect immediately before the repeal of the Crime Commission Regulations 2012, continues to have effect under the more recent 2022 Regulations.

On that basis, sub-regulation 7(4) of the Crime Commission Regulations 2012 should still apply with regard to any historical records. That sub-regulation provides that, "A copy or extract from the record is to be made available on application in the approved form by any person on payment of the fee (if any) determined by the Commission."

I have, however, been unable to locate any 'approved form' for this purpose on the Crime Commission website.

Will this email correspondence suffice for the purpose of the application? Please advise of the correct position. If some other formal process is required, please let me know what must be done in order to gain access to these records.

Kind regards
(Not the Real) Bob Neil

Yours sincerely,

(Not the real) Bob Neil

Dear Government Information Officer,
I refer to earlier email correspondence regarding my request for access to records of the NSW Crime Commission, and specifically any entries in the register of interests pertaining to former Assistant Commissioner and Commissioner, Mr Peter Singleton.

In my earlier correspondence, I referred to the relevant statutory provision as being the Crime Commission Regulations 2012, sub-regulation 7(4).

On reflection, for the avoidance of doubt, I believe that another relevant provision, specifically that which applied at the time of Mr Singleton's appointment on or about 10 July 2010, is clause 8 of Schedule 1 to the New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985 No 117.

I would be grateful for your reply confirming that you have noted this clarification, and insofar as possible, providing an update on the progress of my request.

Yours sincerely,

(Not the real) Bob Neil