Criminal Procedure Amendment (Pre-trial Disclosure) Act 2001 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 with respect to pre-trial disclosure by the prosecution and the defence; to make related amendments to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 and the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986; and for other purposes.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Criminal Procedure Amendment (Pre-trial Disclosure) Act 2001.

2Commencement

This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3–5

(Repealed)

6Review of pre-trial disclosure provisions enacted by this Act(1)

The Attorney General is to review the pre-trial disclosure procedures enacted by this Act to determine:

• (a)

  whether they are utilised by the courts and whether they have been effective in reducing delays in complex criminal trials, and

• (b)

  the cost impacts of the procedures.

(2)

The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 18 months after the commencement of this section.

(3)

A report on the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of that 18-month period.

Schedules 1–3

(Repealed)