Transitional provisions—(Crimes (Criminal Damage) Act 1978)
585AB Transitional provisions—(Crimes (Criminal Damage) Act 1978)
S. 585AB inserted by No. 70/2013 s. 5(Sch. 3 item 1).
The provisions of this Act as in force immediately before the commencement of the Crimes (Criminal Damage) Act 1978 shall apply to and with respect to offences against this Act as so in force committed or alleged to have been committed before the commencement of that 1978 Act.
The provisions of this Act as amended by the Crimes (Criminal Damage) Act 1978 shall apply to and with respect to offences against this Act as so amended committed or alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that 1978 Act.
Section 3 of the Crimes (Criminal Damage) Act 1978 continues in effect despite its repeal.
Note
Section 3 of the Crimes (Criminal Damage) Act 1978 abolished the common law offence of arson for all purposes not related to offences committed before the commencement of that 1978 Act.
The re-enactment by this section of section 1(4) and (5) of the Crimes (Criminal Damage) Act 1978 does not affect the operation of any Act enacted after that 1978 Act.
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