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JUSTICE LEGISLATION MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS BILL 39 OF 2019

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                JUSTICE LEGISLATION MISCELLANEOUS
                       AMENDMENTS BILL 2019
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                                     CONTENTS
       PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
          1.      Short title
          2.      Commencement

       PART 2 - CRIMINAL CODE ACT 1924 AMENDED
          3.      Principal Act
          4.      Schedule 1 amended (Criminal Code)

       PART 3 - CRIMINAL LAW (DETENTION AND INTERROGATION)
                 ACT 1995 AMENDED
          5.      Principal Act
          6.      Section 4 amended (Detention of person in custody)

       PART 4 - SENTENCING ACT 1997 AMENDED
          7.      Principal Act
          8.      Section 42AL amended (Power of arrest)
          9.      Section 44 amended (Period for payment of fine)

       PART 5 - CONCLUDING PROVISION
          10.     Repeal of Act




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JUSTICE LEGISLATION MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS BILL 2019 (Brought in by the Minister for Justice, the Honourable Elise Nicole Archer) A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Sentencing Act 1997, the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995 and the Criminal Code 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: PART 1 - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2019. 2. Commencement The provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed. [Bill 39] 3

 


 

Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2019 Act No. of 2019 s. 3 Part 2 - Criminal Code Act 1924 Amended PART 2 - CRIMINAL CODE ACT 1924 AMENDED 3. Principal Act In this Part, the Criminal Code Act 1924* is referred to as the Principal Act. 4. Schedule 1 amended (Criminal Code) Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting the following subparagraph before subparagraph (ii) in section 401(3)(a): (i) an order under section 7(eb) of the Sentencing Act 1997 deferring the sentencing of the person in accordance with Division 1 of Part 8 of that Act or altering the date to which the sentencing of the person is deferred under such an order; and (b) by inserting in paragraph (b) of section 401(3) "and an order under section 7(eb) of the Sentencing Act 1997 deferring the sentencing of the person in accordance with Division 1 of Part 8 of that Act or altering the date to which the sentencing of the person is deferred under such an order" after "Sentencing Act 1997". _______________________________________________________________ *No. 69 of 1924 4

 


 

Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2019 Act No. of 2019 Part 3 - Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995 Amended s. 5 PART 3 - CRIMINAL LAW (DETENTION AND INTERROGATION) ACT 1995 AMENDED 5. Principal Act In this Part, the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995* is referred to as the Principal Act. 6. Section 4 amended (Detention of person in custody) Section 4(1) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting ", other than under a warrant issued by a judge of the Supreme Court," after "person taken into custody". _______________________________________________________________ *No. 72 of 1995 5

 


 

Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2019 Act No. of 2019 s. 7 Part 4 - Sentencing Act 1997 Amended PART 4 - SENTENCING ACT 1997 AMENDED 7. Principal Act In this Part, the Sentencing Act 1997* is referred to as the Principal Act. 8. Section 42AL amended (Power of arrest) Section 42AL of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3): (3A) If an offender to whom a home detention order made by a court of petty sessions relates is arrested by a police officer under a warrant issued under subsection (1) or (3) - (a) the police officer is, as soon as practicable, to bring the offender before a justice or a magistrate; and (b) a justice or a magistrate may remand the offender in custody, or admit the offender to bail, to appear before the court, at a time specified by the justice or _______________________________________________________________ *No. 59 of 1997 6

 


 

Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2019 Act No. of 2019 Part 4 - Sentencing Act 1997 Amended s. 8 magistrate, so that the application under this Part or the breach of a condition of the order, in relation to which the warrant was issued, may be dealt with. (b) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) from subsection (5) and substituting the following paragraphs: (a) as soon as practicable, the offender is - (i) if the order was made by the Supreme Court - to be brought before the Supreme Court; or (ii) if the order was made by a court of petty sessions - to be brought before a justice or a magistrate - unless the offender is released by a police officer unconditionally; and (b) a police officer may release the offender unconditionally; and (c) by inserting in subsection (5)(d) ", justice or magistrate" after "a court"; (d) by inserting in subsection (5)(d) "that made the order," after "before the court"; 7

 


 

Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2019 Act No. of 2019 s. 9 Part 4 - Sentencing Act 1997 Amended (e) by inserting in subsection (5)(d) "justice or magistrate, respectively," after "the court,". 9. Section 44 amended (Period for payment of fine) Section 44 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection: (2A) If a court that orders an offender to pay a fine does not order that the fine be paid within a period of 28 days or less, the court is to be taken to have ordered that the fine be paid within a period of 28 days. 8

 


 

Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2019 Act No. of 2019 Part 5 - Concluding Provision s. 10 PART 5 - CONCLUDING PROVISION 10. Repeal of Act This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day on which the last uncommenced provision of this Act commenced.

 


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