Victorian Current Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 420ZJ

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an application is made for an order under section 420E; and

        (b)     the application is made while a pandemic declaration is in force; and

        (c)     the pandemic declaration ceases to be in force before the application is determined.

    (2)     The pandemic declaration ceasing to be in force does not affect the application.

    (3)     Without limiting subsection (2)—

        (a)     the application may be heard and determined after the pandemic declaration ceases to be in force; and

        (b)     if an order under section 420E is made on the application, the trial to which the order relates may be held by judge alone, without a jury, after the pandemic declaration ceases to be in force.

    (4)     Subsections (2) and (3) apply in relation to an application whether or not the application had been heard to any extent before the pandemic declaration ceased to be in force.

        New s. 420ZK inserted by No. 11/2022 s. 3.