Racing Act 2002

This section applies if the pre-amended Act made an act or omission an offence.

If the act or omission happened before the commencement, the pre-amended Act continues to apply in relation to the act or omission as if the pre-amended Act had not been amended.

In relation to the act or omission, a person may be charged after the commencement for the offence against the pre-amended Act.

If a person is convicted after the commencement of the offence (regardless of when the person was charged with the offence), the person can not be punished to any greater extent than was authorised under the pre-amended Act.

Subsections (2) to (4) apply even if, after the commencement, doing the act or omitting to do the act under the same circumstances would not constitute an offence against this Act or another Act.

Subsections (2) to (5) apply despite the Criminal Code, section 11 but do not limit the Racing Integrity Act, sections 272 and 273.