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This Act may be cited as the Justices (Validation) Act 2021 .
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Tasmania act
This Act makes certain summonses and warrants that were purportedly issued under section 41 of the Justices Act 1959 valid retrospectively. It affects people who were served with those instruments, courts and enforcement agencies by validating past procedural defects retroactively (s.3), which eliminates grounds for challenge based on those defects and reduces litigation over historical issuance errors. The Act commences on the day it receives Royal Assent (s.2).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Justices (Validation) Act 2021.
This Act may be cited as the Justices (Validation) Act 2021 .
This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(1) In this section –
commencement day means the day on which this Act commences.
(2) A summons or warrant that was, on a day (the relevant day) that occurred before the commencement day, purportedly issued under section 41 of the Justices Act 1959 to a person is as valid, and is to be taken to have always been as valid, as the summons or warrant would have been if, immediately before the relevant day, the amendments to that section made by this Act had been in effect.
In this Act, the Justices Act 1959 is referred to as the Principal Act.
The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Justices Act 1959 .
The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Justices Act 1959 .
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This Act may be cited as the Justices (Validation) Act 2021 .
This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(1) In this section –
commencement day means the day on which this Act commences.
(2) A summons or warrant that was, on a day (the relevant day) that occurred before the commencement day, purportedly issued under section 41 of the Justices Act 1959 to a person is as valid, and is to be taken to have always been as valid, as the summons or warrant would have been if, immediately before the relevant day, the amendments to that section made by this Act had been in effect.
In this Act, the Justices Act 1959 is referred to as the Principal Act.
The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Justices Act 1959 .
The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Justices Act 1959 .