Contempt of Director
24 Contempt of Director
If, before the commencement day, the Director issued a certificate of charge under section 79(1) of the PIA and the charge has not been determined, the charge is to be determined, on and from the commencement day, by the Supreme Court under section 82 of the PIA as if sections 79 and 82 had not been repealed.
If, before the commencement day, the Director issued a certificate of charge under section 79(1) of the PIA and an arrest warrant under section 79(1)(b) of that Act, on and from the commencement day—
a person to whom section 80 of the PIA applies may elect to apply for bail in accordance with that section as if sections 79 and 80 had not been repealed; and
Division 6 of Part 4 of the PIA continues to apply in relation to the person arrested and held in custody pursuant to that warrant; and
for those purposes, a reference to the Director in Division 6 of Part 4 of the PIA is taken to be a reference to the IBAC.
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