Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SUMMARY PROCEDURE) ACT 2015 (NO 20 OF 2015) - SECT 8

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Division 3     Justice Legislation Amendment (Summary Procedure) Act 2015

206     Definitions

In this Division:

"amending Act" means the Justice Legislation Amendment (Summary Procedure) Act 2015 .

"commencement" means the commencement of the amending Act.

207     Application of amending Act for charges

Part IV, Division 2A, as inserted by the amending Act, applies to a proceeding in relation to a complaint or information:

    (a)     if the complaint is made or the information is laid after the commencement; and

    (b)     whether or not an offence charged in the complaint or information is alleged to have been committed before the commencement.

208     Application of amending Act for joined charges

    (1)     This section applies if:

    (a)     a complaint is made or an information is laid before the commencement (the first complaint ); and

    (b)     another complaint is made or information is laid charging one or more offences against the same defendant after the commencement but before the proceeding in relation to the first complaint begins (the other complaint ); and

    (c)     the first complaint and the other complaint are dealt with together.

    (2)     A proceeding mentioned in subsection (1)(c) is dealt with as if the amending Act had not commenced.