586Transitional provisions (Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997)

586 Transitional provisions (Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997)

(1) The amendment of section 443A(3) made by section 22(12) of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997 effecting a change from indictable to summary in the nature of an offence against that section applies to a proceeding for an offence that is commenced after the commencement of section 22(12) of that Act, irrespective of when the offence to which the proceeding relates is alleged to have been committed.

(2) The amendments of section 567A made by section 24 of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1997 apply to appeals against sentences passed after the commencement of section 24 of that Act, irrespective of when the offence was committed.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) a sentence passed by an appellate court on setting aside a sentencing order must be taken to have been passed at the time the original sentencing order was made.

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