Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 352

352 Particular amended provisions apply only to prosecutions commenced after commencement

(1) Sections 8 , 78 and 176 , as amended by the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment Act 2010, apply in relation to an offence only if an originating step for a proceeding for the offence is taken on or after the commencement of this section.

(2) For subsection (1) , it does not matter when the offence was committed.

(3) In this section—

"originating step" , for a proceeding, means—

(a) the arrest of the defendant in the proceeding; or

(b) the making of a complaint under the Justices Act 1886, section 42 in relation to the defendant in the proceeding; or

(c) the serving of a notice to appear on the defendant in the proceeding under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 382 .