Transitional provisions—Crimes (Dangerous Driving) Act 2004
600 Transitional provisions—Crimes (Dangerous Driving) Act 2004
S. 600 inserted by No. 59/2004 s. 8.
Section 88 (as amended by section 3 of the Crimes (Dangerous Driving) Act 2004) applies only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that Act.
Section 88A (as inserted by section 4 of the Crimes (Dangerous Driving) Act 2004) applies to any trial that commences on or after the commencement of that Act regardless of when the offences are alleged to have been committed.
Section 319 (as inserted by section 6 of the Crimes (Dangerous Driving) Act 2004) applies only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that Act.
For the purposes of this section—
if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of the Crimes (Dangerous Driving) Act 2004, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement; and
a trial commences on arraignment of the accused in accordance with Subdivision (12) of Division 1 of Part III of this Act.
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.