Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Amendment Act 1999 (TAS)

Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Amendment Act 1999

An Act to amend the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995

[Royal Assent 24 November 1999]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Amendment Act 1999 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 15 amended (Recording of information in respect of persons in custody) Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsection: (8)  This section does not apply to a person in custody in respect of whom it is not proposed to conduct any questioning, or carry out any investigation, as mentioned in section 4(2) .

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 5 OCTOBER 1999

Legislative Council on 27 OCTOBER 1999]