Tasmania regulation

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001

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Jurisdiction

Tasmania

Act Number

52 of 2002

Collection

regulation

Plain English Summary

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This proclamation, made by the Governor with Executive Council advice, fixes 1 July 2002 as the day the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001 starts to operate (under s.2). From that date the Act’s evidence rules become legally effective. It was notified in the Gazette on 26 June 2002 and is administered by the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations. The change affects courts, prosecutors, defence practitioners and people classified as children or special witnesses by moving the date when the Act’s procedures apply.

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Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under section 2 of the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001 fix 1 July 2002 as the day on which that Act commences.

17 June 2002

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

P. PATMORE

Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 26 June 2002

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.

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1 Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001

17 June 2002

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

P. PATMORE

Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 26 June 2002

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.