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Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958
161Transitional provision—Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
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161 Transitional provision—Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
(1) This Act, as amended by the **Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009**, applies to any proceeding commenced on or after the day that Act commences.
(2) In the case of any proceeding that commenced before the day the **Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009** commenced, this Act, as amended by the **Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009**, applies to that part of the proceeding that takes place on or after that day, other than a hearing in the proceeding to which subsection (3) applies.
(3) This Act as in force immediately before the commencement of the **Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009** continues to apply to any hearing in a proceeding that commenced before the day that Act commenced and that—
(a) continues on or after that day; or
(b) was adjourned until that day or a day after that day.
S. 162 inserted by No. 69/2009 s. 34.