Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act Amendment Act 1990 (Qld)

925 CRIMINAL LAW (REHABILITATION OF O FFEN D E RS) ACT AMENDMENT ACT ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS 1. Short title and citation 2. Amendment of s. 3. Interpretation ANNO TRICESIMO NONO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE 2n No. 52 of 1990 An Act to amend the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders ) Act 1986- 1988 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1990]

926 Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act Amendment Act 1990, No. 52 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act Amendment Act 1990. (2) In this Act the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act1986-1988 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986-1990. 2. Amendment of s. 3. Interpretation . Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) in subsection (1), in the definition "rehabilitation period", by- (i) in paragraph (a), inserting after the words "a conviction" the words "upon indictment"; (ii) in paragraph (b), omitting the words "who in relation to that conviction was dealt with as a child" and substituting the words "where paragraph (a) does not apply"; (b) by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:- "(1 A) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of the definition "rehabilitation period" in subsection (1) the term "indictment", in relation to a conviction recorded elsewhere than in Queensland, means a written charge preferred against an accused person before some court other than one of like jurisdiction to a Magistrates Court exercising summary jurisdiction.".