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PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 223

Transitional provision for s 161E

223 Transitional provision for s 161E

(1) For applying section 161E, it does not matter whether the previous offence was committed, or the offender was convicted of the previous offence, before or after the commencement.
(2) For a previous offence mentioned in subsection (1) as having been committed before the commencement, a reference in schedule 1A to the provision to which the offence relates is taken to be a reference to the provision as in force at any time before the commencement.
(3) This section applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20C(3) and the Criminal Code, section 11.
(4) In this section—

"commencement" means the commencement of this section.

"previous offence" , for applying section 161E, means an offence mentioned in section 161E(1)(b).



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