591Transitional provision—Crimes (Amendment) Act 1998

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591 Transitional provision—Crimes (Amendment) Act 1998

(1) The amendments of section 60B of this Act made by section 3 of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1998 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of section 3.

(2) If an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates and section 3 of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1998 commences on a date between those two dates, for the purposes of subsection (1) the offence must be taken to have been alleged to have been committed before the commencement of that section.

S. 592
inserted by No. 10/1999 s. 20.

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