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TASMANIA
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JUSTICES (VALIDATION) BILL 2021
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Validation of certain summons and warrants
4. Principal Act
5. Section 23 amended (Powers of single justice)
6. Section 41 amended (Justice may summon witnesses to attend
and give evidence)
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JUSTICES (VALIDATION) BILL 2021
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
SHANE DONNELLY, Clerk of the House
11 November 2021
(Brought in by the Minister for Justice, the Honourable Elise
Nicole Archer)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Justices Act 1959 and to validate
certain summonses and warrants
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Justices
(Validation) Act 2021.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Validation of certain summons and warrants
(1) In this section -
commencement day means the day on which
this Act commences.
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(2) A summons or warrant that was, on a day (the
relevant day) that occurred before the
commencement day, purportedly issued under
section 41 of the Justices Act 1959 to a person is
as valid, and is to be taken to have always been
as valid, as the summons or warrant would have
been if, immediately before the relevant day, the
amendments to that section made by this Act had
been in effect.
4. Principal Act
In this Act, the Justices Act 1959* is referred to
as the Principal Act.
5. Section 23 amended (Powers of single justice)
Section 23(b) of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting "in relation to the matter of a complaint
or the matter to which an application under
Part XA of this Act, or Part 3 or 4 of the Family
Violence Act 2004, relates" after "witnesses".
6. Section 41 amended (Justice may summon witnesses
to attend and give evidence)
Section 41(1) of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting "or the matter to which an application
under Part XA of this Act, or Part 3 or 4 of the
Family Violence Act 2004, relates" after
"complaint".
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*No. 77 of 1959