62Transitional provisions

62 Transitional provisions

(1) If on the commencement of section 55 of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997, section 57 of the Children's Services Act 1996 is not in operation, Schedule 1 to this Act has effect, until that section comes into operation, as if item 2 of that Schedule referred to a children's service centre within the meaning of Part XIA of the Health Act 1958 that directly receives any financial assistance from the State.

S. 62(2) inserted by No. 8/1998
s. 6.

(2) Section 53 as amended by section 5 of the Summary Offences (Amendment) Act 1998 applies only to offences committed after the commencement of that Act.

S. 62(3) inserted by No. 80/2001 s. 6(2).

(3) The amendment of section 53(6A) made by section 6(1) of the Sentencing (Emergency Service Costs) Act 2001 applies only to offences against section 53 alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of the Sentencing (Emergency Service Costs) Act 2001.

S. 62(4) inserted by No. 80/2001 s. 6(2).

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of the Sentencing (Emergency Service Costs) Act 2001, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

S. 62(5) inserted by No. 49/2008 s. 5.

(5) Section 42 as amended by section 3(1) of the Summary Offences Amendment (Tattooing and Body Piercing) Act 2008 applies only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 3(1) of that Act.

S. 62(6) inserted by No. 49/2008 s. 5.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of section 3(1) of the Summary Offences Amendment (Tattooing and Body Piercing) Act 2008, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

S. 62(7) inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 115.19).

(7) Section 53 as amended by section 436 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 applies to an offence alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 436 of that Act.

S. 62(8) inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 115.19).

(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 436 of the , the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.