28Transitional provisions

28 Transitional provisions (3) The amendments of the Principal Act made by sections 9, 11 and 22(a) to (g) (penalty enforcement warrants) apply to infringement penalties imposed before as well as after the commencement of those sections but if a penalty enforcement warrant is issued with respect to an infringement penalty imposed before that commencement— (a) any warrant to imprison issued with respect to the infringement penalty must be recalled and cancelled in accordance with section 58(1) of the Principal Act; and (b) a fresh demand must be made under clause 8(2) of Schedule 7 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act. [↑](#endnote-ref-4) 4. S. 58(2): Section 5(5) of the **Magistrates' Court (Amendment) Act 1996**, No. 70/1996 reads as follows: 5 Expiry of certain warrants (5) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 58 of the Principal Act as in force before 14 November 1996 do not apply, and are deemed never to have applied, to a warrant referred to in those subsections if the warrant was executed before that date or the fine in respect of which it was issued, together with all associated costs, were paid before that date. [↑](#endnote-ref-5) 5. S. 58(2): See note 2. [↑](#endnote-ref-6) 6. S. 58(3): See note 4. [↑](#endnote-ref-7) 7. S. 60(1): See note 3. [↑](#endnote-ref-8) 8. S. 60(2): See note 3. [↑](#endnote-ref-9) 9. S. 82(2): S. 12 of the **Evidence (Audio Visual and Audio Linking) Act 1997**, No. 4/1997 reads as follows: 12 Transitional provisions (1) An amendment made by a provision of this Act to the **Evidence Act 1958**, the **Supreme Court Act 1986**, the **County Court Act 1958**, the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** or the **Children and Young Persons Act 1989** applies to a proceeding that is commenced to be heard on or after the twenty-first day after the commencement of that amendment, irrespective of when the proceeding was commenced or when any offence to which the proceeding relates is alleged to have been committed. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) in its application to criminal proceedings— (a) a trial is commenced to be heard on arraignment of the accused person; and (b) a hearing of a charge for an offence is commenced to be heard on the taking of a formal plea from the accused person. [↑](#endnote-ref-10) 10. S. 100: See section 3(1) def. of ***jurisdictional limit***. [↑](#endnote-ref-11) 11. Pt 5 Div. 3A: Section 47(2) of the **Courts and Tribunals (General Amendment) Act 1996**, No. 64/1996 reads as follows: 47 Magistrates' Court Act 1989—transitional provisions (2) The amendments made by section 35 to the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** applies to proceedings, whether commenced before or after the commencement of that section. [↑](#endnote-ref-12) 12. S. 115(3) (*repealed*) and (7)(a) (*repealed*): Section 28(6) of the **Magistrates' Court (Amendment) Act 1994**, No. 33/1994 reads as follows: 28 Transitional provisions (6) The amendments of the Principal Act made by section 16 (removal of compulsory age retirement for JPs) apply to any person who immediately before the commencement of that section held the office of justice of the peace. [↑](#endnote-ref-13) 13. Sch. 4 (*repealed*): Sch. 4 amended by Nos 25/1989 s. 8(3), 48/1989 s. 18 (as amended by No. 34/1990 s. 7(6)), 54/1989 s. 35(5) (as amended by No. 34/1990 s. 7(7)), 11/1990 s. 12(2) (as amended by No. 34/1990 s. 7(8)), 34/1990 s. 4(Sch. 3 items 20, 21), 8/1991 s. 14, 46/1991 s. 48, 81/1991 s. 10(Sch. item 2.1), 90/1991 s. 35, 67/1993 s. 26, 129/1993 s. 9(3), 21/1994 s. 39, 102/1994 s. 96, 63/1995 s. 169, 93/1995 s. 218(1)(Sch. 2 item 4), 99/1995 s. 24 (as amended by No. 73/1996 s. 63), 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 53.7), 66/1996 s. 201(3) (as amended by No. 26/1997 s. 35(1)), 73/1996 s. 61, 26/1997 s. 55, 48/1997 s. 65(3)(a)–(c)(e)(f), 107/1997 s. 75, 108/1997 s. 154, 13/1998 s. 16, 60/1998 s. 17, 36/1999 s. 26, 39/1999 s. 39, 44/1999 s. 34, 49/2000 s. 4, 53/2000 s. 97, 69/2000 s. 57, 98/2000 s. 75, 2/2001 s. 110, 14/2001 s. 34, 32/2001 s. 35, 61/2001 s. 12(1), 69/2001 s. 19, 11/2002 s. 3(Sch. 1 items 43.1, 43.2), 23/2002 s. 199, 35/2002 s. 28(Sch. item 4.1), 47/2002 s. 45, 10/2003 s. 12, 28/2003 s. 76, 52/2003 s. 52(Sch. 1 item 8), 74/2003 s. 14, 80/2003 s. 184, 59/2004 s. 10, 107/2004 s. 181(1), 24/2005 s. 29, 31/2005 s. 36, 45/2005 s. 29, 62/2005 s. 143(1), 78/2005 s. 68, 9/2006 s. 159(1), 44/2006 s. 16, 50/2006 s. 22(3), 13/2007 s. 48, 50/2007 s. 59, 52/2007 s. 3, 53/2007 s. 23, 72/2008 s. 26, 74/2008 s. 46, 76/2008 s. 156, 30/2009 ss 197, 198, repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 427(2) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(m)). [↑](#endnote-ref-14) 14. Sch. 5 (*repealed*): The amendment proposed by section 143(Schedule 2 item 8) of the **Police Integrity Act 2008**, No. 34/2008 (*repealed*) is not included in this publication because of the earlier substitution of clause 8(1)(b) of Schedule 5 by section 9 of the **Courts Legislation Amendment (Juries and Other Matters) Act 2008**, No. 38/2008 (*repealed*). [↑](#endnote-ref-15) 15. Sch. 5 (*repealed*): Sch. 5 amended by Nos 34/1990 s. 4(Sch. 3 item 22(a)–(g)), 49/1990 s. 4, 64/1990 ss 16, 20(Sch. item 4.4(a)(b)), 8/1991 ss 15, 16, 23/1991 ss 11, 12, 81/1991 s. 10(Sch. item 2.2), 33/1994 s. 20, 43/1994 s. 56(Sch. item 3.2), 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 items 53.3, 53.8), 81/1997 s. 12, substituted by No. 10/1999 s. 4, amended by Nos 35/1999 s. 36(2), 92/2000 ss 7–9, 35/2002 ss 22, 23, 37/2002 s. 53, 108/2003 s. 22(2), 107/2004 s. 181(2), 30/2005 s. 3, 62/2005 s. 143(2), 2/2006 ss 39–41, 9/2006 s. 159(2), 50/2006 ss 27–34, 79/2006 s. 45, 36/2007 s. 6, 8/2008 s. 16, 18/2008 s. 14, 38/2008 s. 9, repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 427(2) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(m)). [↑](#endnote-ref-16) 16. Sch. 7 (*repealed*): Sch. 7 amended by Nos 5/1990 s. 20(4), 34/1990 s. 4(Sch. 3 items 24, 25), 64/1990 s. 20(Sch. item 4.5), 49/1991 s. 119(7) (Sch. 4 item 13.8), 33/1994 ss 21–24(1), 64/1996 s. 40, 70/1996 s. 9, 44/1997 s. 30, 43/1998 s. 46, 102/1998 s. 44(2)(3), 10/1999 s. 31(2), 99/2000 ss 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (as amended by No. 12/2001 s. 9), 12, 13 (as amended by No. 12/2001 s. 10), 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 77.2), 92/2001 s. 31, 26/2002 ss 5, 6, 39/2003 ss 8, 9, 94/2003 s. 45, 39/2004 s. 260, 49/2004 s. 40, 2/2005 s. 9, 3/2005 ss 27, 28, 24/2005 s. 30, 87/2005 ss 28–32, repealed by No. 12/2006 s. 176(2) (as amended by No. 32/2006 s. 53(2)). [↑](#endnote-ref-17) 17. Sch. 7 (*repealed*): The amendment proposed by section 15(5) of the **Courts Legislation (Jurisdiction) Act 2006**, No. 50/2006 (*repealed*) is not included in this publication due to the earlier repeal of Schedule 7 by section 176(2) of the **Infringements Act 2006**, No. 12/2006. [↑](#endnote-ref-18)