Western Australian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 1995 - SECT 3

3 .         Application of this Act

        (1)         Subject to this section, this Act applies to all persons convicted of an offence whether or not the offence was committed before this Act comes into operation.

        (2)         In the case of a person who is a young person as defined in the Young Offenders Act 1994 , subsection (1) is subject to sections 46 and 46A of the Young Offenders Act 1994 .

        (3)         This Act does not apply to or in respect of a person being punished —

            (a)         by the Supreme Court or any other court for or as for contempt of court; or

            (b)         under section 63 of the District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 , section 29 of the Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988 or section 16 of the Magistrates Court Act 2004 ; or

            (c)         for contempt of a House of Parliament.

        [Section 3 amended: No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]