Summary Offences Act 1966

If on the commencement of section 55 of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997, section 57 of the Children's Services Act 1996 is not in operation, Schedule 1 to this Act has effect, until that section comes into operation, as if item 2 of that Schedule referred to a children's service centre within the meaning of Part XIA of the Health Act 1958 that directly receives any financial assistance from the State.

Section 53 as amended by section 5 of the Summary Offences (Amendment) Act 1998 applies only to offences committed after the commencement of that Act.

The amendment of section 53(6A) made by section 6(1) of the Sentencing (Emergency Service Costs) Act 2001 applies only to offences against section 53 alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of the Sentencing (Emergency Service Costs) Act 2001.

For the purposes of subsection (3), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of the Sentencing (Emergency Service Costs) Act 2001, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

Section 42 as amended by section 3(1) of the Summary Offences Amendment (Tattooing and Body Piercing) Act 2008 applies only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 3(1) of that Act.

For the purposes of subsection (5), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of section 3(1) of the Summary Offences Amendment (Tattooing and Body Piercing) Act 2008, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

Section 53 as amended by section 436 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 applies to an offence alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 436 of that Act.

For the purposes of subsection (7), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 436 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

This Act, as amended by section 5 of the Summary Offences and Sentencing Amendment Act 2014, applies in respect of a direction given under section 6 on or after the commencement of that Act.

Section 6A as in force immediately before its repeal by the Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015 continues to apply in respect of an arrest made under that section before the commencement of the Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015.

An exclusion order made under Division 1B of Part I and in effect immediately before the commencement of the Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015 ceases to have effect on that commencement.

On the commencement of the Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015, the Chief Commissioner of Police is not required to provide to the Minister a report under section 6J (as in force immediately before its repeal) in respect of the period during which section 6J was in force.