Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (No 2) (ACT)

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Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (No 2)

A2023-42

Contents

Page

Part 1      Preliminary

1            Name of Act  2

2            Commencement  2

3            Legislation amended  2

Part 2Associations Incorporation Act 1991

4            Special resolutionsSection 70 (b)  3

5            New section 70 (2)  3

6            New part 12  4

Part 3Court Procedures Act 2004

7           Advisory committeeSection 11 (2) (d)  5

8            Part 2A heading  5

9            Section 11A heading  5

10          Section 11A (1)  5

11          Section 11A (1)  5

12          Section 11A (1), notes 1 and 2  6

13          Section 11A (2) and (3)  6

14          Section 11A (3), note  6

15          Section 11A (4)  6

16          Section 11A (4), note  6

17          Section 11B heading  6

18          Section 11B (1) and (2)  7

19          Section 11B (3)  7

20          Section 11B (3), note  7

21          Section 11BA heading  7

22          Section 11BA  8

23          Section 11BA  8

24          Section 11BA, note  8

25          Leave of absenceSection 11BB  8

26          Section 11BC heading  9

27          Sections 11BC and 11BD  9

28          Section 11C heading  9

29          Section 11C (1)  9

30          Section 11C (2), note  9

31          Section 11D heading  9

32          Sections 11D and 11E  10

33          Dictionary, new definition of chief executive officer  10

34          Dictionary, definition of principal registrar  10

Part 4Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

35          Parole order transfer—effect of registration under this ActSection 168 (3)  11

36          New section 168 (6)  11

Part 5Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005

37          Application—pt 5.2Section 64 (2), definition of excluded sentence of imprisonment, paragraph (f) 13

38          Nonparole periods—court to setSection 65(5)  13

Part 6Gaming Machine Act 2004

39          Voluntary surrender agreementNew section 10C (2A)  14

40          OffsetsSection 10H (1) (a) and (c)  14

41          Section 10U  14

42          Review of gaming machine tax rebateSection 179A (1)  14

43          Section 179A (2)  15

Part 7Land Titles (Unit Titles) Act 1970

44          Relationship with Land Titles ActNew section 4 (3) (c)  16

45          Registration of final building damage ordersSection 20 (1) and note  16

46          Section 20 (1) and (2)  16

47          Appointment of administrator—registrationSection 28 and note  16

48          Section 28  17

49          Dictionary, note 2  17

Schedule 1 Consequential amendments  18

Part 1.1    Freedom of Information Act 2016  18

Part 1.2    Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000        18

Part 1.3    Territory Records Act 2002  19

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (No 2)

A2023-42

An Act to amend legislation about justice and community safety, and for other purposes

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Part 1Preliminary

  1. Name of Act

    This Act is the Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (No 2).

  2. Commencement

    This Act commences on the day after its notification day.

    NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

  3. Legislation amended

    This Act amends the following legislation:

    ·     Associations Incorporation Act 1991

    ·     Court Procedures Act 2004

    ·     Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

    ·     Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005

    ·     Gaming Machine Act 2004

    ·     Land Titles (Unit Titles) Act 1970.

    NoteThis Act also amends other legislation (see sch 1).

Part 2Associations Incorporation Act 1991

  1. Special resolutions
    Section 70 (b)

    omit

    in person

    substitute

    personally

  2. New section 70 (2)

    insert

    (2)For this section, voting personally includes voting while taking part in a meeting conducted using a method of communication, or a combination of methods of communication, that allows a member taking part to hear or otherwise know what each other member taking part says without the members being in each other’s presence.

    Examples—methods of communication

    video conferencing software, instant messaging, telephone conferencing, in writing

  3. New part 12

    insert

Part 12Validation

  1. Validation of certain general meetings

    (1)This section applies to a general meeting held in accordance with section 70AA (General meetings—procedure during COVID-19 emergency) (repealed) after 29 September 2022 and before the commencement of this section.

    (2)Despite the general meeting being held other than during a COVID‑19 emergency—

    (a)the meeting is taken to have been validly held; and

    (b)any member who took part in the meeting is taken to have been present at the meeting; and

    (c)anything done, or purported to have been done at or in relation to the meeting, including any vote cast by a member mentioned in paragraph (b), is taken to be, and always have been, validly done as if section 70AA applied to the meeting.

  2. Expiry—pt 12

    This part expires on the day it commences.

    NoteIf a law validates something, the validating effect of the law does not end only because of the repeal of the law (see Legislation Act, s 88 (1)).

Part 3Court Procedures Act 2004

  1. Advisory committee
    Section 11 (2) (d)

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  2. Part 2A heading

    substitute

Part 2AChief executive officer of courts

  1. Section 11A heading

    substitute

11AAppointment of chief executive officer

  1. Section 11A (1)

    omit

    Principal Registrar and

  2. Section 11A (1)

    omit

    (the principal registrar)

    substitute

    (the chief executive officer)

  3. Section 11A (1), notes 1 and 2

    substitute

    NoteFor laws about appointments, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.3.

  4. Section 11A (2) and (3)

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  5. Section 11A (3), note

    omit

  6. Section 11A (4)

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  7. Section 11A (4), note

    omit

  8. Section 11B heading

    substitute

11BAdministrative functions of chief executive officer

  1. Section 11B (1) and (2)

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  2. Section 11B (3)

    omit

    principal registrar’s

    substitute

    chief executive officer’s

  3. Section 11B (3), note

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  4. Section 11BA heading

    substitute

11BADelegation by chief executive officer

  1. Section 11BA

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  2. Section 11BA

    omit

    principal registrar’s

    substitute

    chief executive officer’s

  3. Section 11BA, note

    substitute

    NoteFor laws about delegations, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.4.

  4. Leave of absence
    Section 11BB

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  5. Section 11BC heading

    substitute

11BCChief executive officer must not do other work

  1. Sections 11BC and 11BD

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  2. Section 11C heading

    substitute

11CEnding chief executive officer’s appointment

  1. Section 11C (1)

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  2. Section 11C (2), note

    omit

  3. Section 11D heading

    substitute

11DChief executive officer not to direct registrars in relation to court functions

  1. Sections 11D and 11E

    omit

    principal registrar

    substitute

    chief executive officer

  2. Dictionary, new definition of chief executive officer

    insert

    chief executive officer—see section 11A (1).

  3. Dictionary, definition of principal registrar

    omit

Part 4Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

  1. Parole order transfer—effect of registration under this Act
    Section 168 (3)

    substitute

    (3)If a parole order for a sentence of life imprisonment imposed on a person under a law of a State or another Territory was registered under section 167 before the commencement day—

    (a)the interstate nonparole period is taken to have been validly set by the appropriate ACT court as the nonparole period for the sentence despite any ACT law to the contrary; and

    (b)a primary sentence imposed on the person after the order was registered but before the commencement day is taken not to have resulted in the cancellation of the interstate nonparole period because of the operation of the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005, section 66 (3).

  2. New section 168 (6)

    insert

    (6)In this section:

    appropriate ACT court, in relation to a sentence imposed on a person under a law of a State or another Territory, means—

    (a)if the sentence was imposed by a court of summary jurisdiction or a court on appeal from a court of summary jurisdiction—the Magistrates Court; or

    (b)in any other case—the Supreme Court.

    commencement day means the day the Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (No 2), section 35 commences.

    interstate nonparole period, for a sentence imposed on a person under a law of a State or another Territory, means the period (shorter than the sentence) for which the person is ineligible to be released on parole under a law of the State or other Territory.

    primary sentence—see the Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005, section 66 (1) (b).

Part 5Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005

  1. Application—pt 5.2
    Section 64 (2), definition of excluded sentence of imprisonment, paragraph (f)

    substitute

    (f)a sentence of life imprisonment, other than a sentence—

    (i)that was imposed by a court of a State or another Territory; and

    (ii)in relation to which a parole order is registered under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 167 (Parole order transfer—registration); or

  2. Nonparole periods—court to set
    Section 65(5)

    substitute

    (5)If the offender is subject to a sentence of life imprisonment, the court must not set a nonparole period for any sentence of imprisonment that is imposed on the offender unless—

    (a)the sentence of life imprisonment to which the offender is subject was imposed by a court of a State or another Territory; and

    (b)a parole order for the sentence of life imprisonment is registered under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 167 (Parole order transfer—registration).

Part 6Gaming Machine Act 2004

  1. Voluntary surrender agreement
    New section 10C (2A)

    insert

    (2A)The term of each voluntary surrender agreement is extended until 1 April 2028, despite anything to the contrary in any agreement.

  2. Offsets
    Section 10H (1) (a) and (c)

    omit

    1 April 2026

    substitute

    1 April 2028

  3. Section 10U

    substitute

10UExpiry—pt 2A

(1)This part expires on 1 April 2028.

(2)However, section 10G and this subsection expire on 1 April 2024.

  1. Review of gaming machine tax rebate
    Section 179A (1)

    omit

    30 November 2023

    substitute

    31 March 2024

  2. Section 179A (2)

    omit

    8 April 2024

    substitute

    30 June 2024

Part 7Land Titles (Unit Titles) Act 1970

  1. Relationship with Land Titles Act
    New section 4 (3) (c)

    before the notes, insert

    (c)a copy of an ACAT order.

  2. Registration of final building damage orders
    Section 20 (1) and note

    omit

    Magistrates Court

    substitute

    ACAT

  3. Section 20 (1) and (2)

    omit

    an office copy

    substitute

    a copy

  4. Appointment of administrator—registration
    Section 28 and note

    omit

    Magistrates Court

    substitute

    ACAT

  5. Section 28

    omit

    an office copy

    substitute

    a copy

  6. Dictionary, note 2

    omit

    ·     Magistrates Court

    substitute

    ·     ACAT


Schedule 1Consequential amendments

(see s 3)

Part 1.1Freedom of Information Act 2016

[1.1]Dictionary, definition of principal officer, paragraph (b)

omit

principal registrar appointed under the Court Procedures Act 2004, section 11A

substitute

chief executive officer appointed under the Court Procedures Act 2004, section 11A (1)

Part 1.2Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000

[1.2]Section 12 (10), definition of judicial officer

omit

principal registrar appointed under the Court Procedures Act 2004, section 11A

substitute

chief executive officer appointed under the Court Procedures Act 2004, section 11A (1)

Part 1.3Territory Records Act 2002

[1.3]Section 8, definition of principal officer, paragraph (c)

omit

principal registrar appointed under the Court Procedures Act 2004, section 11A

substitute

chief executive officer appointed under the Court Procedures Act 2004, section 11A (1)

Endnotes

  1. Presentation speech

    Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 11 May 2023.

  2. Notification

    Notified under the Legislation Act on 8 November 2023.

  3. Republications of amended laws

    For the latest republication of amended laws, see certify that the above is a true copy of the Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 (No 2), which originated in the Legislative Assembly as the Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 and was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 31 October 2023.

    Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

    © Australian Capital Territory 2023

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