Crimes Act 1958
596Transitional provisions—Crimes (DNA Database) Act 2002
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596 Transitional provisions—Crimes (DNA Database) Act 2002
(1) The amendments of section 464Z of this Act made by section 7 of the Crimes (DNA Database) Act 2002 apply to the taking of a scraping of the mouth on or after the commencement of section 7 of that Act.
(2) The amendment of section 464ZFB of this Act made by section 13 of the Crimes (DNA Database) Act 2002 applies to a person found guilty of an offence on or after the commencement of section 13 of that Act.
(3) The amendment of this Act made by section 16 of the Crimes (DNA Database) Act 2002 applies to any offence or suspected offence, irrespective of when the offence is alleged to have been committed.
(4) The amendments of this Act made by section 17 of the Crimes (DNA Database) Act 2002 only apply to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 17 of that Act.
(5) The amendments of this Act made by section 18(1) of the Crimes (DNA Database) Act 2002 only apply to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 18(1) of that Act.
(6) For the purposes of subsections (4) and (5), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of section 17 or 18(1) (as the case requires) of the Crimes (DNA Database) Act 2002, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.
S. 597 inserted by No. 10/2003 s. 9.