Tasmanian Numbered Acts

MAGISTRATES COURT (CRIMINAL AND GENERAL DIVISION) (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2019 (NO. 44 OF 2019) - Act 44 of 2019 - Royal Assent 12 December 2019

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement

   PART 2 - Bail Act 1994 Amended

   3.      Principal Act
   4.      Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
   5.      Section 4E inserted
   6.      Section 5 amended (Police bail)
   7.      Section 7 amended (Conditions to which bail is subject)
   8.      Section 11 amended (Power of Magistrates Court (Criminal and General Division) to deal with arrested person)
   9.      Section 12 amended (Power of judge or Magistrates Court (Criminal and General Division) to issue warrant for arrest)
   10.     Section 20 amended (Offences against this Act)
   11.     Section 22 amended (Oral application for bail)
   12.     Section 23 amended (Application for bail or variation of conditions)
   13.     Section 24 amended (Application to revoke bail, &c.)
   14.     Section 26 amended (Arrest of person admitted to bail by person bound by recognizance)
   15.     Section 27A inserted

   PART 3 - Consumer Affairs Act 1988 Amended

   16.     Principal Act
   17.     Section 20 amended (Offences against this Act)
   18.     Section 24A inserted

   PART 4 - Coroners Act 1995 Amended

   19.     Principal Act
   20.     Section 14 amended (Chief Clerk (Coroner’s Registrar))
   21.     Section 15 amended (Coroner's associates)
   22.     Section 25 amended (Procedure at inquest where person charged with an offence)
   23.     Section 66 repealed

   PART 5 - Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995 Amended

   24.     Principal Act
   25.     Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
   26.     Section 4 amended (Detention of person in custody)
   27.     Section 6 amended (Right to communicate with friend, relative and legal practitioner)
   28.     Section 7 amended (Orders made by telephone)

   PART 6 - Family Violence Act 2004 Amended

   29.     Principal Act
   30.     Section 4 amended (Interpretation)
   31.     Section 5 amended (Meaning of "court")
   32.     Section 9A amended (Limitation period for offences under section 8 or 9 )
   33.     Section 11 amended (Arrest and detention)
   34.     Section 12 amended (Bail)
   35.     Section 13B amended (Effect of failure to submit evidence)
   36.     Section 13C amended (Limited liability of affected person for instigating, &c., breach of protection order)
   37.     Section 14 amended (Chief Clerk (Coroner’s Registrar))
   38.     Section 24 amended (Alternative orders)
   39.     Section 25A amended (Powers of court to remand in custody, admit to bail, &c.)
   40.     Section 26 amended (Application for registration of external family violence order)
   41.     Section 27 amended (Registration of external family violence order)
   42.     Section 31 amended (Procedure in relation to hearing and determining applications)
   43.     Section 35 amended (Contravention of FVO or PFVO)

   PART 7 - Magistrates Court Act 1987 Amended

   44.     Principal Act
   45.     Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
   46.     Section 3A amended (Creation of the Magistrates Court)
   47.     Section 10A amended (Immunities)
   48.     Section 10B amended (Magistrates, &c., not required to give evidence in certain cases)
   49.     Section 13 amended (Jurisdiction and powers of magistrates)
   50.     Section 15 amended (Arrangement of business of courts, and administrative matters)
   51.     Section 15AAA inserted
   52.     Section 15AB amended (Professional development)
   53.     Section 15AE amended (Committee may make rules of court)
   54.     Section 15A substituted
   55.     Section 17 amended (Delegation)
   56.     Section 17A amended (Contempt of Court)
   57.     Section 17AB inserted

   PART 8 - Police Offences Act 1935 Amended

   58.     Principal Act
   59.     Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
   60.     Section 13 amended (Public annoyance)
   61.     Section 14B amended (Unlawful entry on land)
   62.     Section 15E amended (Body armour)
   63.     Section 17 amended (Chimneys on fire)
   64.     Section 20D amended (Official warnings)
   65.     Section 35 amended (Common assault and aggravated assault)
   66.     Section 36 amended (Injury by driving, &c.)
   67.     Section 37 amended (Offences relating to property)
   68.     Section 37AAA amended (Interference with war memorials)
   69.     Section 37AA amended (Unlawfully setting fire to property)
   70.     Section 37A amended (Interpretation)
   71.     Section 37B amended (Motor vehicle stealing)
   72.     Section 37K amended (Interpretation of Division)
   73.     Section 37O amended (Period of clamping or confiscation for first prescribed offence)
   74.     Section 37P amended (Period of clamping or confiscation for second prescribed offence)
   75.     Section 37Q amended (Period of clamping or confiscation for third or subsequent prescribed offence)
   76.     Section 37Y amended (Application for forfeiture of vehicles)
   77.     Section 44A amended (False reports to police)
   78.     Section 55 amended (Arrest)
   79.     Section 58 amended (Search of persons for poison)
   80.     Section 65 amended (Power of court upon neglect to prosecute)
   81.     Section 66 amended (Provision relating to determination of certain questions by courts)
   82.     Section 67 amended (Averment of age prima facie proof)
   83.     Section 67A amended (Evidentiary provision)
   84.     Section 69 amended (Disposal of property forfeited to Crown)

   PART 9 - Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 Amended

   85.     Principal Act
   86.     Section 9 amended (Application of Act)

   PART 10 - Repeal of Act

   87.     Repeal of Act