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Justices Act 1886
sec.277Particular amendments apply only to charges originated after commencement
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### sec.277 Particular amendments apply only to charges originated after commencement
The relevant provisions, as amended or inserted by the amending Act, apply in relation to a charge for an offence only if an originating step for the proceeding for the charge is taken on or after the commencement of this section.
For subsection (1), it does not matter when the offence was committed.
For applying this section to section 52(2) as inserted by the amending Act—
the complaint that must be made within 2 years from the time when the matter of the complaint arose, as mentioned in the inserted section 52(2), is, for this section, the originating step that must be taken on or after the commencement of this section; but
it does not matter if the commencement of the previously commenced proceeding, as mentioned in the inserted section 52(2), happened before or after the commencement of this section.
In this section—
relevant provisions means—
section 23EB; and
section 52; and
section 83A; and
section 83B; and
part 4, division 10B; and
the provisions of this Act relating to committals of persons for trial or sentence for indictable offences, including part 5, division 7A.
s 277 ins 2010 No. 26 s 92
(sec.277-ssec.1) The relevant provisions, as amended or inserted by the amending Act, apply in relation to a charge for an offence only if an originating step for the proceeding for the charge is taken on or after the commencement of this section.
(sec.277-ssec.2) For subsection (1), it does not matter when the offence was committed.
(sec.277-ssec.3) For applying this section to section 52(2) as inserted by the amending Act— the complaint that must be made within 2 years from the time when the matter of the complaint arose, as mentioned in the inserted section 52(2), is, for this section, the originating step that must be taken on or after the commencement of this section; but it does not matter if the commencement of the previously commenced proceeding, as mentioned in the inserted section 52(2), happened before or after the commencement of this section.
(sec.277-ssec.4) In this section— relevant provisions means— section 23EB; and section 52; and section 83A; and section 83B; and part 4, division 10B; and the provisions of this Act relating to committals of persons for trial or sentence for indictable offences, including part 5, division 7A.
- (a) the complaint that must be made within 2 years from the time when the matter of the complaint arose, as mentioned in the inserted section 52(2), is, for this section, the originating step that must be taken on or after the commencement of this section; but
- (b) it does not matter if the commencement of the previously commenced proceeding, as mentioned in the inserted section 52(2), happened before or after the commencement of this section.
- (a) section 23EB; and
- (b) section 52; and
- (c) section 83A; and
- (d) section 83B; and
- (e) part 4, division 10B; and
- (f) the provisions of this Act relating to committals of persons for trial or sentence for indictable offences, including part 5, division 7A.