Tasmania regulation

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2013

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Jurisdiction

Tasmania

Act Number

17 of 2014

Collection

regulation

Plain English Summary

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This proclamation, made by the Governor with the Executive Council’s advice under section 2 of the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2013, fixes 1 March 2014 as the day every provision of that Act starts in Tasmania. It affects courts, legal practitioners, agencies and parties who use child or other special witnesses by making the Act’s procedures legally operative from that date. The Executive decided the timing; those subject to the law must comply and adjust procedures from 1 March 2014, bearing any implementation costs.

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Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2013

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2013

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) Amendment Act 2013 fix 1 March 2014 as the day on which all the provisions of that Act commence.

3 February 2014

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

BRIAN WIGHTMAN

Minister for Justice

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

Notified in the Gazette on 12 February 2014

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.

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Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2013

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2013

3 February 2014

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

BRIAN WIGHTMAN

Minister for Justice

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

Notified in the Gazette on 12 February 2014

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.