104ADReview of provisions inserted by Sentencing Amendment (Presumptive Sentencing for Assaults on Frontline Workers) Act 2024

104AD Review of provisions inserted by Sentencing Amendment (Presumptive Sentencing for Assaults on Frontline Workers) Act 2024

[Section 104AD Inserted by No. 29 of 2024, s. 5, Applied:13 Dec 2024]

(1)  The Minister is to cause an independent review of the operation of the provisions inserted into this Act by the Sentencing Amendment (Presumptive Sentencing for Assaults on Frontline Workers) Act 2024 to be carried out as soon as practicable after the fifth anniversary of the commencement of those provisions.

(2)  The persons who carry out the review are to give the Minister a written report on its outcome within 12 months after the commencement of the review.

(3)  The Minister is to cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 10 sitting-days of that House after it is given to the Minister.

(4)  In this section –

independent review means a review carried out by persons who –

(a) in the Minister's opinion, are appropriately qualified for that task; and

(b) include one or more persons who are not employees of the State or of any agency of the State.