Commencement Proclamation (2015-26) (NSW)

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation

under the

Courts Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Judgments) Act 2014 No 44

DAVID HURLEY, Governor

I, General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC, Governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Courts Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Judgments) Act 2014, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 2 February 2015 as the day on which the uncommenced provisions of that Act commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 21st day of January 2015.

By His Excellency’s Command,

BRAD HAZZARD, MP
Attorney General

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence the uncommenced provisions of the Courts Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Judgments) Act 2014. These provisions amend the District Court Act 1973 to require the District Court to permit the recording and broadcast of certain judgments given by the Court in open court unless satisfied that one of a limited number of exclusionary grounds is present.