Commencement Proclamation (2020-7) (NSW)

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation

under the

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No 83

MARGARET BEAZLEY, Governor

I, the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC, Governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2(1) of the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act

2018, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 28 March 2020 as the day on which the following

provisions of that Act commence—

(a)	Schedule 1[4],
(b)	Schedule 1[5], but only to the extent that it inserts sections 79A and 79B into the Crimes

(Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 15th day of January 2020.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

MARK SPEAKMAN, MP

Attorney General, and Minister for the

Prevention of Domestic Violence

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence certain provisions of the Crimes Legislation Amendment

Act 2018 that amend the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007. The effect of the Proclamation

is to commence sections 79A and 79B of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007. Section 79A deals with the duration of certain apprehended domestic violence orders. Section 79B enables a court to specify that certain apprehended domestic violence orders remain in force for an indefinite period in specified circumstances.

Published LW 17 January 2020 (2020 No 7)