Abolition of year-and-a-day rule
9AA Abolition of year-and-a-day rule
S. 9AA inserted by No. 65/1991 s. 3.
The rule of law known as the year-and-a-day rule (under which an act or omission that in fact causes death is not regarded as the cause of death if the death occurs more than a year and a day after the act or omission) is abolished.
This section does not apply to acts or omissions alleged to have occurred—
before the commencement of the Crimes (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1991; or
between two dates, one before and one after that commencement.
Pt 1 Div. 1 Subdiv. (1AA) (Heading and ss 9AB–9AJ) inserted by No. 77/2005 s. 6, repealed by No. 63/2014 s. 3(3).
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Pt 1 Div. 1 Subdiv. (1A) (Heading) inserted by No. 9407 s. 2(a).
(1351–2) 25 Edward III St V., c. II (1695–6) 7 and 8 William III c. III (1708) 7 Anne c. 21 s. 14. (1795) 36 George III c. VII (1817) 57 George III c. VI ss 1, 4 and 5.
Treasonable offences
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