117BTransitional provisions—Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996

117B Transitional provisions—Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996 (1) This Act, as amended by section 20 of the **Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996** applies to a proceeding for an offence that is commenced after the commencement of section 20 of the **Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996**, irrespective of when the offence was committed. (2) In sentencing an offender in such a proceeding, the amendment made by section 20 of the **Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996** applies for the purposes of the definition of ***serious sexual offender*** in section 3(1) of this Act (as in force on the commencement of section 20 of the **Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996**) irrespective of when the conviction for an offence against section 47 of the **Crimes Act 1958** was recorded. (3) The re-enactment by this section of section 21 of the **Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996** does not affect the operation of any Act enacted after the **Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996**. S. 118 substituted by No. 48/1997 s. 33.