South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (COURTS EFFICIENCY REFORMS) ACT 2012 (NO 43 OF 2012) - SECT 17

17—Transitional provisions

        (1)         The amendments made to sections 9A, 50A and 70L of the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 by sections 13, 15 and 16 are to be considered procedural rather than substantive.

        (2)         The amendments made to section 19 of the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 by section 14—

            (a)         do not apply in relation to the sentencing of a person by the Magistrates Court following the commencement of this Part if the proceedings for the relevant offence were commenced before that commencement (and such sentencing is to occur as if this Act had not been enacted); and

            (b)         apply in relation to the sentencing of a person by the Magistrates Court following the commencement of this Part (including the sentencing of a person for an offence that occurred before that commencement) if the proceedings for the relevant offence were commenced on or after that commencement.