Queensland Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 1980 - SECT 49

49 Transitional and validation provision for Evidence and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022

(1) Section 33, as in force from the commencement, applies in relation to a proceeding for an offence against section 33(1) started, but not decided, before the commencement.

(2) Subsection (3) applies in relation to a proceeding for an offence against section 33(1) if—

(a) the proceeding was decided before the commencement; and

(b) the defendant was apprehended under a warrant mentioned in section 33(1)(b) that is a computer warrant.

(3) The proceeding, and any order made in the proceeding, is not invalid merely because the court hearing the proceeding did not take judicial notice of the signature of the person who issued the warrant in accordance with former section 33(3)(b)(ii).

(4) In this section—

"computer warrant" see the Justices Act 1886, section 67(1).

"former section 33(3)(b)(ii)" means section 33(3)(b)(ii) as in force from time to time before the commencement.