Bail (Amendment) Act 1998 (Vic)

Bail (Amendment) Act 1998

Act No. 64/1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purpose	1
2.	Commencement	1
3.	Principal Act	2
4.	Amendment of definitions	2
5.	Specified quantity of drug for Customs Act offences	2
6.	Transitional provision	2

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Victoria

No. 64 of 1998

Bail (Amendment) Act 1998†

[Assented to 4 November 1998]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purpose

The main purpose of this Act is to amend the Bail Act 1977 to clarify the conditions for granting of bail for certain drug offences.

2. Commencement

This Act comes into operation on 1 January 1999.

Bail (Amendment) Act 1998

Act No. 64/1998 s. 3

3. Principal Act

In this Act, the Bail Act 1977 is called the	No. 9008. Reprint No. 6
Principal Act.	as at 1 September
1997.

4. Amendment of definitions

In section 3 of the Principal Act, the definitions of

"cocaine" and "heroin" are repealed.

5. Specified quantity of drug for Customs Act offences
In section 4(2)(aa) of the Principal Act, for sub-
paragraph (ii) substitute—
"(ii) an offence under section 231(1), 233A or

233B(1) of the Customs Act 1901 of the offence is committed in relation to narcotic goods within the meaning of that Act in respect of a quantity that is not less than the commercial quantity (as defined in section 70(1) of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981) applicable to the drug of dependence constituted by those narcotic goods—".

6. Transitional provision

After section 34(2) of the Principal Act insert—

"(3) The amendment of section 4(2)(aa) made by

section 5 of the Bail (Amendment) Act
1998 applies only with respect to a charge
for an offence filed on or after 1 January

1999.".

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Notes Act No. 64/1998

NOTES

†

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Council: 7 October 1998

Legislative Assembly: 22 October 1998

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Bail Act 1977
and for other purposes."