Magistrates Court Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Magistrates Court Amendment Act (No 2) 1999

No. 59 of 1999

An Act to amend the Magistrates Court Act 1930

[Notified in ACT Gazette No 45: 10 November 1999]

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

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Magistrates Court Amendment Act (No 2) 1999.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.

3. Limitation of proceedings

   Section 31 of the Magistrates Court Act 1930 is amended—

(a)   by omitting from subsection (1) “A prosecution” and substituting “Subject to subsections (1A) and (2), a prosecution”; and

(b)   by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1A) If a coroner’s inquest or inquiry, or an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 1991 or the Royal Commissions Act 1991, is held into a matter that relates to an offence referred to in paragraph (1) (b) or (c), a prosecution in respect of the offence may be commenced within 1 year after the day on which—

(a)the coroner’s report is made; or

(b)the report of the board of inquiry or the royal commission is submitted to the Chief Minister.”.

Endnote

Act amended

1. Republished as in force on 31 March 1999.  See also Acts 1999 Nos 22 and 34.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 26 August 1999]

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