Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (NSW)

An Act to amend certain Acts with respect to courts, court procedure, jurisdiction, rights and avenues of appeal and various criminal offences; and for other purposes.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2008.

2Commencement(1)

This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as provided by subsections (2)–(6).

(2)

Schedules 1 and 22 commence on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

(3)

Schedules 2 and 20 commence on the date of commencement of section 8 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007.

(4)

Schedules 4, 5, 14, 15 [2]–[6], 16 and 18 commence on 1 September 2008.

(5)

Schedule 8 commences on 1 July 2008.

(6)

Schedule 21 commences on 13 September 2010.

3Principal amendments

The Acts specified in Schedules 1–21 are amended as set out in those Schedules.

4Consequential amendments

The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2006 is amended as set out in Schedule 22.

5Repeal of Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Warrants) Act 2005 No 54

The Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Warrants) Act 2005 is repealed.

6Repeal of Act(1)

This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which all of the provisions of this Act have commenced.

(2)

The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.

Schedules 1–20

(Repealed)

Schedule 21Amendment of Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 No 115

(Section 3)

Omit section 27A (2).

Schedule 22

(Repealed)