Justices (Paper Committals) Amendment Act 1987 Proclamation re commencement (1992-142) [GG No 40 of 27.3.1992] (NSW)

1992—No. 142

JUSTICES (PAPER COMMITTALS) AMENDMENT ACT 1987

NO. 235—PROCLAMATION

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 40 of 27 March 1992]

(L.S.) P. R. SINCLAIR, Governor.

I, Rear Admiral PETER ROSS SINCLAIR, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance

of section 2 of the Justices (Paper Committals) Amendment Act 1987, do,
by this my Proclamation, appoint 29 March 1992 as the day on which the

uncommenced provisions of that Act commence.

Signed and Sealed at Sydney, this 11th day of March, 1992.

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER COLLINS

Attorney General.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to commence certain amendments to the Justices Act 1902 made by Schedules 1 (2) (b) and (3) and 2 (1) (e) to the Justices

(Paper Committals) Amendment Act 1987. Those amendments:

(a) restrict the defendant’s right in paper committal proceedings to call and

cross-examine the victims of sexual assault and certain other offences

involving violence; and

(b) expressly authorise the court to terminate unnecessary examinations or