Crimes Act 1958
609Transitional provision—Crimes Amendment (Rape) Act 2007
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609 Transitional provision—Crimes Amendment (Rape) Act 2007
(1) An amendment made to this Act by section 3, 4 or 8 of the Crimes Amendment (Rape) Act 2007 applies to any trial that commences on or after the commencement of that section of that Act, irrespective of when the offence to which the trial relates is alleged to have been committed.
(2) An amendment made to this Act by section 5, 6 or 7 of the Crimes Amendment (Rape) Act 2007 applies only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of those sections of that Act.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a trial commences on arraignment of the accused in accordance with Subdivision (12) of Division 1 of Part III.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of sections 5, 6 and 7 of the Crimes Amendment (Rape) Act 2007, the offence is alleged to have been committed before the commencement of those sections of that Act.
S. 610 inserted by No. 7/2008 s. 6.