16BTransitional provision—COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020—special hearings

16B Transitional provision—COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020—special hearings

(1) Despite the repeal of Part 11, a special hearing by judge alone in which judgment was not delivered before that repeal may continue to be held by judge alone, without a jury, after that repeal.

(2) For the purposes of a special hearing that continues in accordance with subsection (1), Part 11 continues to have effect despite its repeal.

(3) On and after the repeal of section 103, a finding of a judge at a special hearing by judge alone has, for all purposes, the same effect as a finding of a jury.

(4) Subsection (3) has effect despite the repeal of section 103.

special hearing by judge alone means a special hearing held in accordance with an order under section 101 as in force immediately before its repeal.

Sch. 3 cl. 16C inserted by No. 11/2020 s. 31.