Crimes (Amendment) Act (No 6) 1985 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 6) 1985

No. 75 of 1985

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 19 December 1985.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

LIONEL BOWEN

Attorney-General

An Ordinance to amend the Crimes Act, 1900 of the State of New South Wales in its application to the Territory

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 6) 1985.¹

Summary disposal of certain cases

2.  Section 477 of the Crimes Act, 1900 of the State of New South Wales in its application to the Territory is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraphs (6) (c), (7) (c) and (9) (b) “if the charge is not a prescribed charge—”;

(b)by omitting sub-section (10) and substituting the following sub-section:

“(10)    Where the Court disposes of a case summarily pursuant to this section and convicts the defendant of the offence, then, subject to sub-sections (11) and (12), but notwithstanding any other law of the Territory, the Court may not impose a sentence of imprisonment exceeding 2 years nor impose a fine exceeding $5,000.”; and

(c)by omitting sub-section (13).

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1985.