Sentencing Legislation Amendment Act 1997 Proclamation re commencement (1998-142) [GG No 56 of 20.3.1998, p 1587] (NSW)

1998 No 142

New South Wales

SENTENCING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1997 No 5—

PROCLAMATION

(L.S.) GORDON SAMUELS, Governor.

I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Sentencing Legislation Amendment Act 1997, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 20 March 1998 as the day on which that Act (other than Schedule 1 [1]-[3] and [5]-[13]) commences.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 18th day of March 1998.

By His Excellency’s Command,

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Minister for Corrective Services

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Proclamation commences so much of the Sentencing Legislation Amendment Act 1997:

(a)	as amends the Children (Community Service Orders) Act 1987, the Periodic Detention of Prisoners Act 1981 and the Home Detention Act 1996, and
( b )	as amends the Community Service Orders Act 1979 with respect to work that may be performed under a community service order and with respect to civil liability arising out of work incidents.

Published in Gazette No 56 of 20 March 1998, page 1587