An Act to amend certain Acts with respect to courts, court procedure, jurisdiction, rights and avenues of appeal and various criminal offences; and for other purposes.
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2008.
2 Commencement
(1) This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as provided by subsections (2)–(6).(2) Schedules 1 and 22 commence on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.(3) Schedules 2 and 20 commence on the date of commencement of section 8 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007.(4) Schedules 4, 5, 14, 15 [2]–[6], 16 and 18 commence on 1 September 2008.(5) Schedule 8 commences on 1 July 2008.(6) Schedule 21 commences on 13 September 2010.
3 Principal amendments
The Acts specified in Schedules 1–21 are amended as set out in those Schedules.
4 Consequential amendments
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2006 is amended as set out in Schedule 22.
The Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Warrants) Act 2005 is repealed.
6 Repeal of Act
(1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which all of the provisions of this Act have commenced.(2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.
Schedules 1–20 (Repealed)
Schedule 21 Amendment of Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 No 115
(Section 3)
Section 27A Definitions
Omit section 27A (2).
Schedule 22 (Repealed)
sch 22: Rep 2009 No 106, Sch 6.