Evidence (Children) Act 1997 Proclamation re commencement (1999-376) [GG No 86 of 30.7.1999, p 5224] (NSW)

1999 No 376

Evidence (Children) Act 1997 No 143—
Proclamation New South Wales

GORDON SAMUELS, Governor. I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Evidence (Children) Act 1997, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 August 1999 as the day on which that Act, except Part 2, commences.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 28th day of July 1999.

By His Excellency's Command,

JEFFREY SHAW, Q.C., M.L.C.,

Attorney General

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence all the provisions of the Evidence (Children) Act 1997 except Part 2. Part 2 requires an investigating official who questions a child in connection with the investigation of the commission, or possible commission, of an offence to ensure that any representation made by the child that may be adduced as evidence in court is recorded.

BY AUTHORITY

Published in Gazette No 86 of 30 July 1999, page 5224

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