Australian Capital Territory
Confiscation of Criminal Assets (Distribution of Surplus Funds) Approval 2016 (No 3)
Notifiable instrument NI2016–338
made under the  
Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003, s 134 (Distribution of surplus funds) 

1 	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Confiscation of Criminal Assets (Distribution of Surplus Funds) Approval 2016 (No 3).

2 	Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is notified.

3 	Use of funds available
I approve the Confiscation of Criminal Assets Trust Fund to be used towards activities associated with crime prevention, assistance to victims of crime and promoting safety in the ACT. I approve the funds to be distributed in the following manner and expended by 31 December 2017.

Agency/body	Purpose	Amount 	
Justice and Community Safety Directorate 	To establish a Justice Reinvestment trial to deliver an enhanced package of supports for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families to reduce or prevent contact with the justice system.  	$850,000	
Justice and Community Safety Directorate	To establish a Bail Support Service trial project. 	$400,000	
Justice and Community Safety Directorate	To establish a trial of specialist reports prepared for sentencing courts aimed at shedding light on the cultural and social issues confronted by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 	$50,000 	

Simon Corbell MLA
Attorney-General
30 June 2016