Transitional provision—Youth Justice Act 2024
465 Transitional provision—Youth Justice Act 2024
S. 465 inserted by No. 32/2024 s. 1048A (as amended by No. 54/2025 s. 29).
On and after the commencement day, section 168A applies in relation to an old charge in the same way that it applies in relation to a charge that the Children's Court has determined, under section 157A or 157B of the Youth Justice Act 2024, not to hear and determine summarily.
In this section—
commencement day means the day on which section 1044 of the Youth Justice Act 2024 comes into operation;
old charge means a charge that, before the commencement day, the Children's Court determined, under an old provision, not to hear and determine summarily;
old provision means section 356(6), (7A) or (7C) of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 as in force immediately before the repeal of Part 5.2 of that Act.
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