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Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 No 55

Assented to 29.05.1987.

Date of commencement (secs 1, 2 and 9 excepted), 18.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 8 of 15.1.1988, p 172.

Date of commencement of sec 9, 3.11.2008, sec 2 (1A) and GG No 138 of 31.10.2008, p 10469.

Justice Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2023 No 39

Assented to 30.10.2023.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 No 7

Assented to 03.07.2023.

Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2.

Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2020 No 31

Assented to 27.10.2020.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2(1).

Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Crimes) Act 2020 No 26

Assented to 28.09.2020.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No 10

Assented to 26.09.2019.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, assent, sec 2 (1).

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Victims) Act 2018 No 88

Assented to 28.11.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (2).

Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018 No 87

Assented to 28.11.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2 (1).

Victims Rights and Support Amendment (Statutory Review) Act 2018 No 34

Assented to 27.06.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.1, 14.1.2019, sec 2 and 2018 (738) LW 14.12.2018.

Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2018 No 29

Assented to 21.06.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, assent, sec 2 (1).

Parole Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No 57

Assented to 24.10.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.1, 26.2.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (53) LW 23.2.2018.

Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Act 2017 No 55

Assented to 24.10.2017.

Date of commencement, 30.4.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (164) LW 27.4.2018.

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options) Act 2017 No 53

Assented to 24.10.2017.

Date of commencement, 24.9.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (534) LW 21.9.2018.

Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No 40

Assented to 14.08.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, assent, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017 No 22

Assented to 01.06.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3).

Justice Portfolio Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016 No 54

Assented to 25.10.2016.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2015 No 58

Assented to 24.11.2015.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.1.2016, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 No 15

Assented to 29.06.2015.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.7.2015, sec 2 (1).

Bail (Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 No 5

Assented to 12.03.2014.

Date of commencement, 20.5.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (235) LW 24.4.2014.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013 No 111

Assented to 03.12.2013.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.6, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1).

Road Transport Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 No 19

Assented to 03.04.2013.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (329) LW 28.6.2013.

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Court Costs Levy) Act 2013 No 8

Assented to 25.03.2013.

Date of commencement, 13.5.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (193) LW 10.5.2013.

Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2010 No 135

Assented to 07.12.2010.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.1, 25.2.2011, sec 2 (2) (a).

Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No 63

Assented to 28.06.2010.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2 (2).

Relationships Register Act 2010 No 19

Assented to 19.05.2010.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).

Graffiti Control Amendment Act 2009 No 94

Assented to 30.11.2009.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.2, 3.5.2010, sec 2 (2) and 2010 (166) LW 30.4.2010.

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Naming of Children) Act 2009 No 81

Assented to 03.11.2009.

Date of commencement, 11.12.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (567) LW 11.12.2009.

Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No 37

Assented to 19.06.2009.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2 (2).

Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2008 No 105

Assented to 08.12.2008.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1) and GG No 158 of 19.12.2008, p 12303.

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Youth Conduct Orders) Act 2008 No 85

Assented to 13.11.2008.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (251) LW 26.6.2009.

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 2008 No 54

Assented to 01.07.2008.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 3.11.2008, sec 2 (1) and GG No 138 of 31.10.2008, p 10469.

Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Schs 1.9 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Publication of Names) Act 2007 No 30

Assented to 04.07.2007.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Vulnerable Persons) Act 2007 No 6

Assented to 15.06.2007.

Date of commencement, 12.10.2007, sec 2 and GG No 146 of 12.10.2007, p 7729.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006 No 120

Assented to 04.12.2006.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).

Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No 107

Assented to 29.11.2006.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2 (2).

Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 2006 No 41

Assented to 08.06.2006.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2006, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 30.6.2006, p 4782.

Criminal Procedure Further Amendment (Evidence) Act 2005 No 25

Assented to 31.05.2005.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 25.11.2005, sec 2 and GG No 142 of 25.11.2005, p 9653.

Road Transport (General) Act 2005 No 11

Assented to 14.04.2005.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.2, 30.9.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 120 of 30.9.2005, p 7674.

Juvenile Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No 103

Assented to 15.12.2004.

Date of commencement, 20.12.2004, sec 2 and GG No 200 of 17.12.2004, p 9307.

Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No 68

Assented to 06.07.2004.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (1).

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No 11

Assented to 24.03.2004.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No 130

Assented to 17.12.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 2 [1] and [4]–[7], 13.1.2003, sec 2 and GG No 13 of 10.1.2003, p 97.

Date of commencement of Sch 2 [2] and [3], 24.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 49 of 21.2.2003, p 2196.

Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002 No 90

Assented to 22.11.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.1, 1.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10741.

Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 2002 No 1

Assented to 09.04.2002.

Date of commencement, 26.4.2002, sec 2 and GG No 78 of 26.4.2002, p 2432.

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Adult Detainees) Act 2001 No 123

Assented to 19.12.2001.

Date of commencement, 25.1.2002, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 25.1.2002, p 262.

Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 No 121

Assented to 19.12.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.

Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2001 No 117

Assented to 18.12.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 21.12.2001, sec 2 (1) and GG No 196 of 21.12.2001, p 10437.

Justice Legislation Amendment (Non-association and Place Restriction) Act 2001 No 100

Assented to 11.12.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 22.7.2002, sec 2 and GG No 119 of 19.7.2002, p 5431.

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2000 No 43

Assented to 27.06.2000.

Date of commencement, 31.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 93 of 21.7.2000, p 6457.

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94

Assented to 08.12.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.4, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.66, assent, sec 2 (4).

Date of commencement of Sch 4.82, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1999 No 40

Assented to 08.07.1999.

Date of commencement, 1.9.1999, sec 2 and GG No 98 of 27.8.1999, p 6685.

Road Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1999 No 19

Assented to 01.07.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.12.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 133 of 26.11.1999, p 10863.

Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998 No 158

Assented to 14.12.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.5, 18.12.2000, sec 2 and GG No 159 of 8.12.2000, p 12781.

Drug Court Act 1998 No 150

Assented to 08.12.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, 5.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 17 of 5.2.1999, p 575.

Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998 No 149

Assented to 08.12.1998.

Date of commencement, 8.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 5.2.1999, p 391.

Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998 No 137

Assented to 08.12.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 973.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998 No 120

Assented to 26.11.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).

Criminal Procedure Legislation Amendment (Bail Agreements) Act 1998 No 107

Assented to 09.11.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.1, 1.10.2000, sec 2 and GG No 127 of 29.9.2000, p 10810.

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 No 99

Assented to 26.10.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 979.

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No 53

Assented to 29.06.1998.

Date of commencement, 31.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5746.

Evidence (Children) Act 1997 No 143

Assented to 17.12.1997.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.8.1999, sec 2 and GG No 86 of 30.7.1999, p 5224.

Young Offenders Act 1997 No 54

Assented to 02.07.1997.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.4.1998, sec 2 and GG No 64 of 3.4.1998, p 2291.

Crimes Amendment (Detention after Arrest) Act 1997 No 48

Assented to 02.07.1997.

Sch 2 was not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 2008 No 54.

Fines Act 1996 No 99

Assented to 26.11.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 27.1.1998, sec 2 (1) and GG No 1 of 2.1.1998, p 4.

Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 1996 No 6

Assented to 05.06.1996.

Date of commencement, 16.8.1996, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 16.8.1996, p 4609.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994 No 95

Assented to 12.12.1994.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, Sch 1.

Courts Legislation (Crown Appeals) Amendment Act 1994 No 56

Assented to 28.09.1994.

Date of commencement, 1.11.1994, sec 2 and GG No 145 of 28.10.1994, p 6449.

Roads Act 1993 No 33

Assented to 08.06.1993.

Date of commencement, 1.7.1993, sec 2 and GG No 73 of 1.7.1993, p 3343.

Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992 No 112

Assented to 08.12.1992.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991 No 17

Assented to 03.05.1991.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 No 46

Assented to 22.06.1990.

Date of commencement of paragraph (a) of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, sec 2.

Date of commencement of paragraph (b) of those provisions, 17.3.1991, Sch 1 and GG No 37 of 1.3.1991, p 1692.

Crimes Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990 No 5

Assented to 22.05.1990.

Date of commencement, 1.2.1992, sec 2 and GG No 12 of 24.1.1992, p 391.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1989 No 226

Assented to 21.12.1989.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, sec 2.

Fine Enforcement Legislation (Amendment) Act 1989 No 196

Assented to 21.12.1989.

Date of commencement of Sch 5, 9.2.1990, sec 2 and GG No 21 of 9.2.1990, p 1055.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2) Act 1989 No 132

Assented to 05.09.1989.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, sec 2.

Sentencing Act 1989 No 87

Assented to 02.06.1989.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, 25.9.1989, sec 2 and GG No 89 of 18.8.1989, p 5662.

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 1989 No 75

Assented to 02.06.1989.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 9.7.1989, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3821.

Justices (Appeals) Amendment Act 1988 No 99

Assented to 19.12.1988.

Date of commencement, 26.2.1989, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 24.2.1989, p 1133.

Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 1988 No 40

Assented to 09.08.1988.

Date of commencement of sec 4, 5.9.1988, sec 2 and GG No 140 of 2.9.1988, p 4556.

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 1987 No 270

Assented to 16.12.1987.

Date of commencement, 28 days after assent.

Miscellaneous Acts (Fine Default) Amendment Act 1987 No 266

Assented to 16.12.1987.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, 18.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 8 of 15.1.1988, p 172.

Miscellaneous Acts (Victims Compensation) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987 No 238

Assented to 16.12.1987.

Date of commencement, 15.2.1988, sec 2 and GG No 28 of 12.2.1988, p 832.

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Sec 2

Am 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [1].

Sec 3

Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (1); 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (1); 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1993 No 33, Sch 1; 1999 No 19, Sch 2.3 [1]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.82 [1] [2]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [1]–[4]; 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2004 No 103, Sch 1 [1]; 2005 No 11, Sch 3.2 [1]; 2007 No 30, Sch 1 [1]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [2]–[6]; 2013 No 19, Sch 3.

Sec 6

Am 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [7] [8].

Sec 7

Subst 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (2). Am 1998 No 150, Sch 1.2; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [5]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.

Sec 7A

Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (3).

Sec 8

Subst 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (2). Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [6] [7].

Sec 9

Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (3); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [8]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [9]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [1].

Sec 9A

Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (4). Rep 1988 No 40, sec 4 (a).

Sec 10

Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.1 [1]–[3]; 2005 No 25, Sch 2.1; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [10]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.16 [1] [2].

Sec 11

Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (4); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1996 No 6, Sch 1.1 [1]; 1997 No 143, Sch 1.1; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.66 [1] [2]; 2001 No 117, Sch 2 [1]–[6]; 2004 No 11, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2007 No 6, Sch 2.1; 2007 No 30, Sch 1 [2]–[4]. Rep 2009 No 81, Sch 1 [1].

Sec 12

Subst 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (5). Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [11].

Sec 12A

Ins 1996 No 6, Sch 1.1 [2]. Subst 2009 No 81, Sch 1 [2].

Sec 13

Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (5); 2006 No 120, Sch 3.2 [1]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [12] [13].

Sec 14

Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (6).

Sec 15

Am 1997 No 54, Sch 2 [1] [2].

Part 2, Division 3A

Ins 2009 No 81, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 15A

Ins 2009 No 81, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2017 No 57, Sch 4.1; 2018 No 34, Sch 3.1.

Secs 15B–15G

Ins 2009 No 81, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 18

Am 1998 No 53, Sch 2 [1]; 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [3]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [14].

Sec 19

Subst 2001 No 123, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2004 No 103, Sch 1 [2]–[4]; 2006 No 41, Sch 2.1 [1] [2]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [15]–[17]; 2020 No 26, Sch 1.1[1]–[3].

Sec 20

Am 2014 No 5, 2.4 [2].

Sec 21

Am 1998 No 137, Sch 2.3 [1]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [9]; 2015 No 15, Sch 2.6.

Sec 22

Rep 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (6).

Sec 23

Rep 1987 No 266, Sch 1.

Sec 24

Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (7). Subst 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (7). Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [1].

Sec 25

Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (8).

Sec 27

Subst 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [10] [11]; 2007 No 94, Schs 1.9, 2; 2013 No 8, Sch 2.1 [1]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [2]; 2017 No 55, Sch 3.1 [1]; 2018 No 88, Sch 1 [1]; 2019 No 10, Sch 1.2.

Sec 28

Am 1998 No 99, Sch 1.1; 2013 No 19, Sch 3.

Sec 29

Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (10); 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [2]; 2016 No 54, Sch 1.3 [1] [2].

Sec 30

Subst 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (8). Am 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [3].

Sec 31

Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (11); 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [12]–[14]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [18]; 2017 No 40, Sch 1.2; 2017 No 55, Sch 3.1 [2]–[5]; 2018 No 88, Sch 1 [2]–[4].

Part 3, Div 3AA (secs 31AA–31AH)

Ins 2018 No 88, Sch 1 [5].

Part 3, Div 3A

Ins 2017 No 55, Sch 3.1 [6].

Sec 31A

Ins 2017 No 55, Sch 3.1 [6]. Am 2018 No 88, Sch 1 [6].

Sec 31B

Ins 2017 No 55, Sch 3.1 [6]. Am 2018 No 88, Sch 1 [7] [8].

Secs 31C–31L

Ins 2017 No 55, Sch 3.1 [6].

Sec 33

Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (9); 1988 No 40, sec 4 (b) (c); 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (12); 1989 No 87, Sch 4; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1997 No 54, Sch 2 [3]; 1998 No 158, Sch 2.5 [1]; 1999 No 19, Sch 2.3 [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [2]–[5]; 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [2] [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [15]; 2002 No 90, Sch 3.1 [1]; 2004 No 68, Sch 1; 2005 No 11, Sch 3.2 [2]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [19]–[30]; 2009 No 94, Sch 2.2; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [4]; 2018 No 29, Sch 1.1.

Sec 33A

Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (10). Rep 1988 No 40, sec 4 (a). Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (13). Am 2002 No 1, Sch 3.3 [1]; 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [4]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [31] [32]; 2015 No 58, Sch 2.7.

Sec 33AA

Ins 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [5]. Am 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [33]–[35].

Sec 33B

Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (10). Rep 1989 No 87, Sch 4. Ins 1990 No 5, sec 4.

Sec 33C

Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [6]. Am 2002 No 1, Sch 3.3 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [36]–[38]; 2008 No 105, Sch 2.2; 2017 No 53, Sch 4.7; 2020 No 31, Sch 1.3[1] [2].

Sec 33D

Ins 2001 No 100, Sch 1.3 [1]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [39] [40]; 2009 No 37, Sch 1.3 [1] [2].

Sec 34

Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (11); 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [41].

Sec 35

Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (14); 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [42].

Sec 36

Am 1987 No 238, Sch 1; 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (12); 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (15); 1998 No 120, Sch 2.3; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [7]–[9]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [43]; 2013 No 111, Sch 3.6 [1].

Sec 37

Subst 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (13); 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (16); Am 1989 No 196, Sch 5 (1); 1996 No 99, Sch 2.3 [1]; 2002 No 1, Sch 3.3 [3].

Sec 38

Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (14); 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [44].

Sec 39

Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (17); 1994 No 95, Sch 1.

Sec 40

Am 1998 No 53, Sch 2 [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [10] [11]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [45].

Sec 41

Am 1998 No 53, Sch 2 [3]; 1999 No 40, Sch 1 [1]–[5]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [12]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [16]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2010 No 63, Sch 1.4 [1] [2]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.3.

Sec 41A

Ins 1989 No 196, Sch 5 (2). Rep 1996 No 99, Sch 2.3 [2]. Ins 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2002 No 90, Sch 3.1 [2]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [46].

Sec 42

Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (15); 1988 No 99, Sch 3; 1994 No 56, sec 3; 1998 No 107, Sch 3.1; 1998 No 137, Sch 2.3 [2] [3]; 1998 No 158, Sch 2.5 [2]. Rep 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [17]. Ins 2006 No 107, Sch 1.4.

Sec 42A

Ins 2013 No 8, Sch 2.1 [2].

Sec 43

Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [13].

Sec 46

Rep 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (18).

Part 4A

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Part 4A, Div 1

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48A

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48B

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [2]; 2013 No 111, Sch 3.6 [2]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48C

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48D

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Subst 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [3]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48E

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Part 4A, Div 2

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48F

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [4]–[6]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [5]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Part 4A, Div 3

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48G

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [7]–[9]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48H

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48I

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [6]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Part 4A, Div 4

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48J

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48K

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Part 4A, Div 5

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48L

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [10]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [7]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48M

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48N

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48O

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Part 4A, Div 6

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48P

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48Q

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [11]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48R

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [12] [13]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Part 4A, Div 7

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48S

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [14] [15]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48T

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [16]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48U

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [17]–[20]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48V

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48W

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2017 No 22, Sch 2.6. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48X

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 48Y

Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [21]. Rep 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[1].

Sec 49

Am 1996 No 6, Sch 1.1 [3] [4]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [18]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2009 No 81, Sch 1 [4].

Sec 50

Am 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [2]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [2]; 2023 No 7, Sch 2.7[2].

Sec 50A

Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (19). Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [19]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.2 [2]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.4 [2].

Sec 50B

Ins 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [5].

Sec 51

Am 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [47]; 2023 No 39, Sch 6.1.

Sec 52

Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (20).

Sch 1

Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (16). Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (21). Rep 1989 No 87, Sch 4.

Sch 2

Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (22). Am 1989 No 132, Sch 2; 1998 No 53, Sch 2 [4]–[6]; 1999 No 40, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.66 [3]; 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [6] [7]; 2001 No 100, Sch 1.3 [2] [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [20]; 2001 No 123, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2002 No 90, Sch 3.1 [3]; 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [6] [7]; 2004 No 11, Sch 2 [3] [4]; 2004 No 103, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2007 No 30, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [48] [49]; 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2010 No 63, Sch 1.4 [3]; 2010 No 135, Sch 4.1 [22] [23]; 2013 No 8, Sch 2.1 [3] [4]; 2017 No 55, Sch 3.1 [7]; 2018 No 88, Sch 1 [9].

The whole Act

Am 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [1] (“serious indictable offence” omitted wherever occurring, “serious children’s indictable offence” inserted instead).

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Bill 1987

More information on the passage of this Bill through Parliament, including links to the second reading speech and Legislation Review Committee report, is available via the Bills tab on the Parliament website.

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