Police Offences Act 1930 (ACT)
Police Offences Act 1930 (repealed)
A1930-9
Republication No 4
Effective: 4 March 1996
Republication date: 8 May 2009
As repealed by A1996-1 sch
Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
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This is a republication of the Pesticides Act 1989 (repealed) effective 4 March 1996.
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police offences act 1930
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Repealed by No. 1, 1996 (in force 4 March 1996)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
Part I—Preliminary
1.Short title
2.Commencement
3.Repeal of State Acts
5.Interpretation
Part III—Offences Generally
Regulation of places of public resort
Part VI—Miscellaneous
Regulations
The Schedule
Repeal of State Acts
police offences act 1930
An Act relating to Police Offences
Part I—Preliminary
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Police Offences Act 1930.1
Commencement
2. This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by the Attorney-General by notice in the Gazette.1
Repeal of State Acts
3. (1) The Acts of the State of New South Wales specified in the Schedule to this Act, in their application to the Territory, in this section referred to as “the Acts”, are repealed.
(2) The repeal of the Acts shall not—
(a)revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect;
(b)affect the previous operation of the Acts, or anything duly done or suffered under the Acts or any of them;
(c)affect any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the Acts or any of them;
(d)affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the Acts or any of them; or
(e)affect any investigation, legal proceedings or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment,
and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if the Acts had not been repealed.
Interpretation
5. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Court” means the Magistrates Court;
“Public place” or “place of public resort” means any street, road, public park within the meaning of the Public Parks Acts 1928, or reserve or any building, premises or other place which the public are entitled to use or which is open to, or used by, the public, whether on payment of money or otherwise.
Part III—Offences Generally
Regulation of places of public resort
34. Every person who has or keeps any house, shop, room, or place of public resort wherein provisions, liquor, or refreshments of any kind are sold or consumed (whether they are kept or retained therein or procured elsewhere), who—
(c)knowingly permits or suffers persons of notoriously bad character to meet together and remain therein,
shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
Part VI—Miscellaneous
Regulations
89. The Executive may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which, by this Act, are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
The Schedule Section 3
Reference to Act Short title of Act
1901, No. 5................................................................. Police Offences Act, 1901
1902, No. 74.............................................................. Vagrancy Act, 1902
1905, No. 35.............................................................. Vagrancy (Amendment) Act, 1905
1908, No. 12.............................................................. Police Offences (Amendment) Act, 1908
NOTE
1. The Police Offences Act 1930 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 9, 1930 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Citation of Laws—The Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989 (No. 21, 1989) altered the citation of most Ordinances so that after Self-Government day they are to be cited as Acts. That Act also affects references in ACT laws to Commonwealth Acts.
Table 1
Table of Ordinances
| Ordinance | Number and year | Date of notification in Gazette | Date of commencement | Application, saving or transitional provisions |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1930 | 9, 1930 | 25 July 1930 | 25 Nov 1930 (see Gazette 1930, p. 2372) | |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1934 | 10, 1934 | 3 May 1934 | 3 May 1934 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1937 | 31, 1937 | 23 Dec 1937 | 23 Dec 1937 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1939 | 7, 1939 | 24 Aug 1939 | 24 Aug 1939 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance (No. 2) 1939 | 10, 1939 | 21 Sept 1939 | 21 Sept 1939 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1948 | 3, 1948 | 28 Oct 1948 | 28 Oct 1948 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1953 | 12, 1953 | 20 Aug 1953 | 20 Aug 1953 | — |
| Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1959 | 21, 1959 | 23 Dec 1959 | 23 Dec 1959 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1961 | 1, 1961 | 29 Mar 1961 | 29 Mar 1961 | — |
| Ordinances Revision (Decimal Currency) Ordinance 1966 | 19, 1966 | 23 Dec 1966 | 23 Dec 1966 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1967 | 3, 1967 | 23 Feb 1967 | 23 Feb 1967 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1970 | 41, 1970 | 22 Oct 1970 | 22 Oct 1970 | — |
| Police Offences Ordinance 1975 | 35, 1975 | 7 Oct 1975 | 7 Oct 1975 | — |
| Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1977 | 65, 1977 | 22 Dec 1977 | 22 Dec 1977 | — |
| Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1978 | 46, 1978 | 28 Dec 1978 | 28 Dec 1978 | — |
| Police Offences (Amendment) Ordinance 1980 | 17, 1980 | 8 July 1980 | 8 July 1980 | — |
| Police Offences (Amendment) Ordinance 1983 | 56, 1983 | 18 Nov 1983 | 18 Nov 1983 | — |
| Police Offences (Amendment) Ordinance 1984 | 25, 1984 | 29 June 1984 | 1 July 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S244, p. 3) | — |
| Magistrates Court Ordinance 1985 | 67, 1985 | 19 Dec 1985 | 1 Feb 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. G3, p. 265) | — |
| Sex Discrimination (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 1986 | 31, 1986 | 31 July 1986 | 1 Aug 1986 | — |
| Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989 | 38, 1989 | 10 May 1989 | Ss. 1 and 2: 10 May 1989 Remainder: 11 May 1989 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1989, No. S164) | — |
Self-Government day 11 May 1989
Table 2
Table of Acts
| Act | Number and year | Date of notification in Gazette | Date of commencement | Application, saving or transitional provisions |
| Police Offences (Amendment) Act 1989 | 9, 1989 | 6 Sept 1989 | 6 Sept 1989 | S. 4 (am by. 30, 1991, s. 3) |
| as amended by 30, 1991 | 26 Aug 1991 | 26 Aug 1991 | — | |
| Director of Public Prosecutions (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 | 23, 1990 | 25 June 1990 | Ss. 1 and 2: 25 June 1990 Remainder: 1 July 1990 (see Gazette 1990, No. S44, p. 2) | S. 4 |
| Prostitution (Consequential Amendments) Act 1992 | 65, 1992 | 1 Dec 1992 | Ss. 1 and 2: 1 Dec 1992 Remainder: 1 June 1993 | S. 3 |
| Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 | 1, 1993 | 1 Mar 1993 | 1 Mar 1993 | — |
| Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1994 | 81, 1994 | 29 Nov 1994 | Ss. 1 and 2: 29 Nov 1994 Remainder: 29 Nov 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S269, p. 2) | — |
| as repealed by | ||||
| Law Reform (Abolitions and Repeals) Act 1996 | 1, 1996 | 4 March 1996 | 4 March 1996 |
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision How affected
S. 2.................................... am. No. 46, 1978
S. 4.................................... am. No. 21, 1959
rs. No. 1, 1961
rep. No. 65, 1977
S. 5.................................... am. No. 10, 1934; No. 21, 1959; No. 1, 1961; No. 3, 1967; No. 41, 1970; No. 56, 1983; No. 25, 1984; No. 67, 1985; Act No. 65, 1992
Part II (ss. 6-9).................. rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 6.................................... rep. No. 56, 1983
Ss. 7-11............................. am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 11A................................ ad. No. 1, 1961
am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 12.................................. am. No. 10, 1934; No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 13.................................. rep. No. 31, 1937
Ss. 14-16........................... am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 17.................................. rs. No. 10, 1934
am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 17A................................ ad. No. 10, 1934
am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 17B................................ ad. No. 10, 1934
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 18.................................. rs. No. 41, 1970
rep. Act No. 65, 1992
S. 19.................................. am. No. 19, 1966
rs. No. 41, 1970
rep. Act No. 65, 1992
S. 19A................................ ad. No. 41, 1970
rep. Act No. 65, 1992
S. 19B................................ ad. No. 41, 1970
am. No. 38, 1989
rep. Act No. 23, 1990
Ss. 20, 21.......................... am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 22.................................. am. No. 3, 1948
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 23.................................. am. No. 3, 1967; No. 41, 1970; No. 56, 1983; No. 25, 1984; No. 31, 1986; Act No. 1, 1993
rep. No. 65, 1992
S. 24.................................. am. No. 31, 1937
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 24A................................ ad. No. 3, 1948
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 24B................................ ad. No. 3, 1948
am. No. 19, 1966; No. 3, 1967
rep. No. 56, 1983
Ss. 25-27........................... rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 28.................................. rs. No. 17, 1980
rep. No. 56, 1983
Ss. 29-33........................... am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 34.................................. am. No. 10, 1934; No. 19, 1966; No. 56, 1983; No. 25, 1984; Act No. 65, 1992; No. 81, 1994
S. 35.................................. am. No. 10, 1934; No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 25, 1984
ad. Act No. 9, 1989
ceased No. 9, 1989 (as am. by No. 30, 1991)
S. 35A................................ ad. No. 7, 1939
am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 25, 1984
S. 36.................................. rep. No. 25, 1984
S. 37.................................. am. No. 31, 1937; No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 3, 1967
Part IV (ss. 38, 40, 40B, rep. No. 56, 1983
41-56)
S. 38.................................. rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 39.................................. rep. No. 31, 1937
S. 40.................................. am. No. 31, 1937; No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 40A................................ ad. No. 10, 1934
am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 40B................................ ad. No. 10, 1934
am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 35, 1975
S. 41.................................. am. No. 31, 1937; No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 42.................................. am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 43.................................. am. No. 31, 1937; No. 19, 1966; No. 3, 1967
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 44.................................. rs. No. 31, 1937
am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 45.................................. am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 46.................................. rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 47.................................. am. No. 10, 1939; No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 48.................................. am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 49.................................. rep. No. 56, 1983
Ss. 50-55........................... am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 56.................................. am. No. 19, 1966; No. 3, 1967
rep. No. 56, 1983
Ss. 57, 58.......................... rep. No. 31, 1937
Part V (ss. 59-71).............. rep. No. 21, 1959
Ss. 59-67........................... rep. No. 21, 1959
S. 68.................................. am. No. 12, 1953
rep. No. 21, 1959
Ss. 69-71........................... rep. No. 21, 1959
Ss. 72, 73.......................... am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
Ss. 74-77........................... rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 78.................................. am. No. 31, 1937
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 79.................................. rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 80.................................. am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 81.................................. rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 82.................................. am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
Ss. 83, 84.......................... rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 85.................................. am. No. 31, 1937
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 86.................................. rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 87.................................. am. No. 19, 1966
rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 88.................................. rep. No. 56, 1983
S. 89.................................. am. No. 38, 1989
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