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188Amendment of section 39G (Workplace manslaughter)
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188 Amendment of section 39G (Workplace manslaughter)
(1) Section 39G as amended by section 21 of the **Crimes Amendment (Manslaughter and Related Offences) Act 2020** applies to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 21 of that Act.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 21 of the **Crimes Amendment (Manslaughter and Related Offences) Act 2020**, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.
Pt 16 (Heading and ss 189–192) inserted by No. 27/2020 s. 15, amended by Nos 53/2021 ss 28, 29, 10/2022
ss 54, 55, repealed by No. 107/2004 s. 192 (as amended by Nos 11/2021 s. 207, 53/2021 s. 30, 11/2022 s. 10).
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*Minister's second reading speech—*
*Legislative Assembly: 18 November 2004*
*Legislative Council: 14 December 2004*
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to promote and improve standards for occupational health, safety and welfare, to repeal the **Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985** and for other purposes."
The **Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004** was assented to on 21 December 2004 and came into operation as follows: