Crimes Act 1958
622Transitional provision—Crimes Amendment (Protection of Children) Act 2014
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622 Transitional provision—Crimes Amendment (Protection of Children) Act 2014
(1) Section 49C as inserted by section 3 of the Crimes Amendment (Protection of Children) Act 2014 applies to an offence alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 3 of that Act, irrespective of when the risk was created.
S. 622(2) amended by No. 36/2014 s. 7(3).
(2) Section 327 as inserted by section 4 of the Crimes Amendment (Protection of Children) Act 2014 applies to a person if the victim of the alleged sexual offence is still a child under the age of 16 years on the commencement of section 4 of that Act (irrespective of whether information is received or a reasonable belief is formed before or after the commencement of section 4 of that Act) unless the person has already disclosed the information referred to in section 327(2) to a police officer before the commencement of section 4 of that Act.
S. 623 inserted by No. 63/2014 s. 8.