Specified Offences

A specified offence means an offence under sections 217 - 265 of the Crimes Act 1961 or any offence under the Fair Trading Act 1986.

Sections 217 - 265 of the Crimes Act relate to "crimes against rights of property". The offences covered by these sections include:

• theft;
• unlawful taking;
• dishonestly taking or using document;
• burglary;
• robbery;
• assault with intent to rob;
• blackmail;
• demanding with intent to steal;
• obtaining by deception;
• money laundering;
• receiving;
• crimes involving computers;
• forgery;
• alerting, concealing, destroying, or reproducing documents with intent to deceive;
• using altered or reproduced document with intent to deceive; and
• false accounting.