Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Amendment Regulations 2007 (WA)

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Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996

Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants)

Amendment Regulations 2007

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in
Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Amendment Regulations 2007.
2.	Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows:

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3.           The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Criminal Law
(Mentally Impaired Defendants) Regulations 1997*•

[* Reprint 1 as at 6 February 2004.]

4.            Regulation 1 amended

Regulation 1 is amended by deleting "Defendants" and inserting instead -

Accused

5.            Regulation 3 amended

(1)	Regulation 3(1) is amended by deleting "or clerk".
(2)	Regulation 3(2)(b) is amended by deleting "complaint" and inserting instead -

prosecution notice ".

6.            Schedule 1 amended

(1) Schedule 1 Form 1 is amended as follows:

(a) by deleting "Defendants" and inserting instead -

" Accused

(b)	by deleting "Defendant" and inserting instead -
46 Accused ";
(c)	by deleting "defendant" in both places where it occurs and inserting instead -
46 accused ".

(2) Schedule I Form 2 is amended as follows:

(a) by deleting "Defendants" in both places where it occurs

and inserting instead -

" Accused ";

(b)	by deleting "Court of Petty Sessions" and inserting instead -
" Magistrates Court
(c)	by deleting "Defendant" and inserting instead -
" Accused ";
(d)	by deleting "defendant" in both places where it occurs and inserting instead -
" accused ".

(3) Schedule 1 Form 3 is amended as follows:

(a) by deleting "Defendants" and inserting instead -

" Accused

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(b)

by deleting "Court of Petty Sessions" and inserting " Magistrates Court '';

(c)	by deleting "Defendant" and inserting instead — " Accused '';
(d)

by deleting "defendant" in each place where it occurs " accused ".

(4) Schedule 1 Form 4 is amended as follows:

(a)	by deleting "Defendants" and inserting instead — " Accused
(b)	by deleting "Defendant" and inserting instead — " Accused ";
(c)

by deleting "defendant" in each place where it occurs " accused ";

(d) by deleting "DEFENDANT" and inserting instead — " ACCUSED ".

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor,

G. M. PIKE, Clerk of the Executive Council.