Listening Devices Amendment Act 2004 (TAS)

Listening Devices Amendment Act 2004

An Act to amend the Listening Devices Act 1991

[Royal Assent 27 May 2004]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Listening Devices Amendment Act 2004 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Listening Devices Act 1991 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 16 amended (Interpretation) Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of prescribed offence and substituting the following definition: prescribed offence means – (a) an offence against a law of Tasmania which is punishable on indictment; or (b) an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory which, if it were an offence against a law of Tasmania, would be punishable on indictment; or (c) an offence of a class or description prescribed for the purposes of this Part.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 29 APRIL 2004

Legislative Council on 19 MAY 2004]