Firearms Act 1997
114Offences – before and after commencement
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114 Offences – before and after commencement (1) Sections 106B and 107, as inserted by the Statute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2015, (the new sections) apply in relation to a relevant offence committed by a body corporate after the commencement of Part 2, Division 11 of that Act (the commencement) only if: (a) all the conduct constituting the relevant offence occurred after the commencement; and (b) all the conduct of the executive officer constituting the offence against the new section occurred after the commencement.
Firearms Act 1997 122 (2) Section 107, as in force before the commencement: (a) continues to apply in relation to offences committed by a body corporate before the commencement; and (b) applies in relation to relevant offences committed by a body corporate after the commencement to which, as a result of subsection (1), the new sections do not apply. Division 3 Transitional matters for Statute Law Amendment (NTCAT Conferral of Jurisdiction) Act 2023