588Transitional provisions (Crimes (Amendment) Act 1997—Part 3)

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588 Transitional provisions (Crimes (Amendment) Act 1997—Part 3)

(1) Section 398A applies to any trial, committal proceeding or hearing of a charge for an offence that commences on or after 1 January 1998, irrespective of when the offence to which the trial, committal proceeding or hearing relates is alleged to have been committed.

(a) a trial commences on arraignment of the accused in accordance with Subdivision (12) of Division 1 of Part III; and

(b) a committal proceeding commences on the committal mention date; and

S. 589
s. 30.

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