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CHILDREN (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 1987 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Savings and transitional provisions

(Section 52)

Part 1 - General

1 Savings and transitional regulations

(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of any Act that amends this Act.
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect on the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.
(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect on a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as-
(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or
(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.

Part 2 - Provisions consequent on the enactment of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 1989

2 Definition

In this Part-

"amending Act" means the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 1989 .

3 Application of amending Act to current proceedings etc

(1) An amendment made to this Act by Schedule 1 (3), (5), (6), (8), (12) (b) or (c) or (14) to the amending Act applies to proceedings pending at or commenced after the amendment commences.
(2) An amendment made to this Act by Schedule 1 (7), (10) (a) or (b), (11), (12) (a), (15) or (21) to the amending Act does not apply to proceedings commenced before the amendment commences.
(3) An amendment made by Schedule 1 (13) to the amending Act does not apply to a control order made before the amendment commences.

4 Consents for publication of names etc

The amendments made to this Act by Schedule 1 (4) to the amending Act do not apply to any consent given under section 11 of this Act before those amendments commence.

5 Regulations concerning background reports

The amendment made to this Act by Schedule 1 (8) (b) to the amending Act does not affect any regulation made for the purposes of section 25 (2) (a) of this Act and in force immediately before that amendment commences.

Part 3 - Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1998

6 Orders of recognizance and probation made before commencement of amendments

Sections 18, 40 and 41, as amended by the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1998 , extend to-

(a) an order of recognizance under section 33 (1) (b) or (d), and
(b) an order of probation under section 33 (1) (e),
made, by a court exercising the functions of the Children’s Court under section 18 (2), before the commencement of those amendments.

Part 4 - Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999

7 Convictions recorded before commencement of amendments

Section 11 (4B), as inserted by the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 , does not apply to or in respect of a conviction recorded before the commencement of this clause.

Part 5 - Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1999

8 Outcome plans made before commencement of amendments

Section 41, as amended by the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1999 , extends to any failure by a person, after the commencement of Schedule 1 [1[#93] to that Act, to comply with an outcome plan that was determined at conference before that commencement.

Part 6 - Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2000

9 New sentencing options in pending proceedings

Section 33 (1) (c2) and (1B), as inserted by the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2000 , extend to proceedings pending at the commencement of those provisions.

Part 7 - Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Adult Detainees) Act 2001

10 Application of amendments

Section 19, as substituted by the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Adult Detainees) Act 2001 -

(a) applies to persons who are sentenced after the commencement of that Act, and
(b) does not affect any order made before the commencement of that Act.

Part 8 - Provisions consequent on enactment of Justice Legislation Amendment (Non-association and Place Restriction) Act 2001

11 Application of section 33D

Section 33D, as inserted by the Justice Legislation Amendment (Non-association and Place Restriction) Act 2001 , does not apply to any offence committed before the commencement of that section.

Part 9 - Provisions consequent on enactment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002

12 Offences to which amending Act applies

(1) The amendments made to this Act by the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002 do not apply to offences committed before the commencement of the amendments.
(2) Part 7 of Schedule 2 to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 also has effect for the purposes of the application of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 to offences dealt with under Division 4 of Part 3 of this Act.

Part 10 - Provision consequent on enactment of Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2002

13 Application of section 33AA

Section 33AA, as inserted by the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2002 , applies only to a new control order (within the meaning of that section) made in relation to an offence committed after the commencement of that section, and so applies whether or not the existing control order (within the meaning of that section) was made before the commencement of that section.

Part 11 - Provision consequent on enactment of Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2004

14 Publication and broadcasting of names

Section 11, as amended by the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2004 , extends to proceedings commenced before the commencement of those amendments.

Part 12 - Provisions consequent on enactment of Juvenile Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2004

15 Section 19 orders

An order in force under section 19 (1), as in force immediately before its amendment by Schedule 1 [2[#93] to the Juvenile Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2004 , is taken, on that commencement, to be an order under that section, as so amended.

16 Warrants of commitment

Section 19 (6), as inserted by Schedule 1 [4[#93] to the Juvenile Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2004 , does not apply to a warrant of commitment issued before the commencement of that subsection.

Part 13 - Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Publication of Names) Act 2007

17 Publication and broadcasting of names

Section 11, as amended by the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Publication of Names) Act 2007 , applies in relation to proceedings whether commenced before or after the commencement of that Act.

18 Publication and broadcasting of names previously published or broadcast

Section 11 does not apply to the publication or broadcast of the names of the following persons in connection with criminal proceedings-

(a) the name of a person that had been published or broadcast before 21 December 2001 (the date on which that section was amended by the Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2001 ), being a person who was not a child at the time of the publication or broadcast,
(b) the name of a person that had been published or broadcast before 24 March 2004 (the date on which that section was amended by the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2004 ), being a person who was deceased at the time of the publication or broadcast.

Part 14 - Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 2008

19 Definition

In this Part-

"amending Act" means the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 2008 .

20 Detention of adults in juvenile detention centres

An amendment made to section 19 by the amending Act applies in respect of any direction made under that section on or after the commencement of the amendment.

21 Changes to penalty provisions

(1) An amendment made to section 33 by the amending Act applies only in respect of an offence committed on or after the commencement of the amendment, except as otherwise provided by this clause.
(2) The amendment made to section 33 (1B) by the amending Act relating to the setting of a non-parole period, and the amendment made to section 41A by the amending Act, extend to proceedings commenced (but not concluded) before the commencement of the amendments (including proceedings for offences committed before the commencement of the amendments).
(3) The amendment made to section 41A by the amending Act extends to proceedings in respect of a good behaviour bond entered into before the commencement of the amendment.
(4) The amendment to section 41A does not require a non-parole period in respect of an order under section 33 (1) (g) to be set on termination of a good behaviour bond entered into before the commencement of the amendment if the non-parole period was set at the time that the order under section 33 (1) (g) was suspended.

22 Change to maximum amount of compensation

The amendment made to section 36 by the amending Act applies only in respect of offences committed on or after the commencement of the amendment.

Part 15 - Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Youth Conduct Orders) Act 2008

23 Definition

In this Part-

"amending Act" means the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Youth Conduct Orders) Act 2008 .

24 Application of Part 4A to pre-commencement offences

Part 4A, as inserted by the amending Act, extends to a relevant offence (within the meaning of that Part) committed, or alleged to have been committed, by a child before the commencement of that Part, but only if the child is charged with the offence (within the meaning of that Part) after that commencement.

25 Exercise of certain powers between enactment and commencement of amending Act

The provisions of section 26 of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply in relation to a power to make an instrument that is to be conferred by an uncommenced amendment to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Regulation 2005 made by the amending Act in the same way as they apply to powers to make instruments conferred by uncommenced amendments to Acts.

Note : Section 26 of the Interpretation Act 1987 enables a power to make instruments of a legislative or administrative character that is to be conferred by an enacted but uncommenced amendment to an Act to be exercised before the amendment commences. Any such instrument will have effect on the commencement of the amendment.

Part 16 - Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2010

26 Application of amendments to section 41

The amendments made to section 41 by the Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2010 extend to a failure of a person of the kind referred to in section 41 (1A) (as inserted by that Act) occurring before the commencement of the amendments.

Part 17 - Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2010

27 Definitions

In this Part-

"amending Act" means the Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2010 .

"commencement day" means the day on which Schedule 4.1 to the amending Act commences.

28 Application of amended Part 4A to pre-commencement offences

Part 4A of the Act and Part 2 of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Regulation 2005 , as amended by the amending Act, extend to a relevant offence (within the meaning of the amended Part 4A of the Act) committed, or alleged to have been committed, by a child before the commencement day, but only if-

(a) the child has not yet been charged with the offence immediately before the commencement day, or
(b) where the child was charged with the offence before the commencement day-the child has not yet-
(i) pleaded guilty to (or been found guilty of) the offence, or
(ii) had a penalty imposed by the Children’s Court for the offence.

29 Application of amended sections 48Q and 48R

(1) Section 48Q (as amended by the amending Act) extends to youth conduct orders made before the commencement day that are revoked on or after that day.
(2) Section 48R (as amended by the amending Act) extends to-
(a) any application made under that section that is pending immediately before the commencement day, and
(b) any application made under that section that is made on or after the commencement day in relation to a final youth conduct order made before that day.

30 Application of amended section 48U

Section 48U (as amended by the amending Act) extends to any information obtained before, on or after the commencement day in connection with the administration of the Anti-Social Behaviour Pilot Project (which was the previous name of the SCSF Program).

Part 18 - Criminal Procedure Amendment (Court Costs Levy) Act 2013

31 Application of amendments

Sections 27 (2A) and 42A extend to proceedings commenced but not finally determined immediately before the commencement of those provisions.

Part 19 - Provisions consequent on enactment of Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Act 2017

32 Definitions

In this Part-

"amending Act" means the Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Act 2017 .

"existing proceedings" means proceedings for an indictable offence commenced under this Act before the amendment of the former committal provisions by the amending Act.

"former committal provisions" means Divisions 2-5 of Part 2 of Chapter 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 and Division 3 of Part 3 of this Act, as in force before the substitution or amendment of those provisions by the amending Act.

33 Existing proceedings

The former committal provisions continue to apply to existing proceedings as if those provisions had not been amended by the amending Act.

34 Previous offences

This Act, as amended by the amending Act, extends to proceedings for an offence committed before the amendment of Division 3 of Part 3 of this Act by the amending Act, if proceedings for the offence commenced on or after that amendment.

Part 20 - Provision consequent on enactment of Crimes Legislation Amendment (Victims) Act 2018

35 Application of amendments to proceedings

An amendment made to this Act by the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Victims) Act 2018 applies only to proceedings commenced after the commencement of the amendment.



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