Tasmania regulation

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2024

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Jurisdiction

Tasmania

Act Number

95 of 2024

Collection

regulation

Plain English Summary

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This proclamation sets 31 January 2025 as the date when the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2024 comes into force in Tasmania, using the power referenced at section 2 of that Act. It is issued by the Governor on the advice of the Executive Council, was notified in the Gazette, and is administered by the Department of Justice; from that date the Act’s provisions will apply to the courts, witnesses and legal practitioners covered by the Act.

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Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2024

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2024

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 2024 fix 31 January 2025 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.

19 December 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

GUY BARNETT

Minister for Justice

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

Notified in the Gazette on 24 December 2024

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 2024

Proclamation under the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Amendment Act 2024

19 December 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

GUY BARNETT

Minister for Justice

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

Notified in the Gazette on 24 December 2024

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.