Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES AMENDMENT (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2016 (NO. 47 OF 2016) - SECT 30

After clause 1 of Schedule 1 to the Jury Directions Act 2015 insert —

        "     2     Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2016

    (1)     The amendments made to this Act by sections 27 and 28 of the Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2016 apply only to a trial that commences (within the meaning of section 210 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 ) on or after the day on which those sections come into operation if the offence to which the trial relates is alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of Division 1 of Part 5.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of Division 1 of Part 5, it is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.".

Part 5—Amendment of certain Acts