626Transitional provision—Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014

626 Transitional provision—Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014

(1) The amendments made to this Act by sections 3 and 7(2) and (3) of the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of those sections.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of sections 3 and 7(2) and (3) of the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

(3) The amendments made to this Act by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014 apply only to an offence alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that section.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of section 6 of the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

(5) The amendments made to this Act by section 8 of the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014 apply to a proceeding that commences before, on or after the commencement of that section, irrespective of when the offence to which the proceeding relates is alleged to have been committed.

(6) Despite subsection (5), the amendments made to this Act by section 8 of the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014 do not apply to a proceeding in which the hearing or trial (as the case requires) has commenced before the commencement of that section.

See section 210 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 regarding when a trial commences.

S. 627 inserted by No. 20/2015 s. 24.