SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT.
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Act No. 96, 1970.
An Act to make provisions with respect to certain offences to be made punishable in a summary manner; to repeal the Vagrancy Act, 1902, and certain provisions o f the Police Offences Act, 1901, and certain other enactments; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 9th December, 1970.]
Summary Offences.
| O E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by No. 9^ i | No. 96, 1970 |
| and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: — |
PART I
P r e l im in a r y
1. This Act may be cited as the “Summary Offences Act, Short Utle.
1970”.
| 2, | This Act is divided as follows :— | Division of Act. |
PART I.—Preliminary—ss. 1-5. PART II.— Offences—ss. 6-55.
Division 1.—Offences relating to public places—
ss. 6-21.
D ivision 2.— Vagrancy and similar offences—
ss. 22-26.
D ivision 3.—Prostitution—ss. 27-34.
Division 4.—Betting—ss. 35-37.
Division 5.—Frauds, unlawful possession, etc.—
ss, 38—42.
Division 6.—Public assemblies— ss. 43-48.
Division 7.— Other offences—ss. 49-55.
PART III.—Powers of Police—ss. 56-59.
PART IV.—General—ss. 60-65.
SCHEDULES.
3. (1) Each Act specified in column 1 of Schedule Repeals
| One to this Act is amended or repealed to the extent specified | ' |
| opposite that Act in column 2 of that Schedule. |
| (2) | Section XII of the Regulations for General |
Traffic made under the Metropolitan Traffic Act, 1900, is hereby revoked.
(3)
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| No. 96, 1970 | ( 3) Clause sixteen of Ordinance No. 34 made under the Local Government Act, 1919, is hereby revoked. |
| Interpre | 4. | (1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or “drug offender” means a person who contravenes any of the provisions of Part III or IV of the Poisons Act, 1966, relating to drugs of addiction, prohi bited drugs or prescribed restricted substances, within the meaning of that A ct; |
| tation. | subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires— |
“justice” means a justice of the peace;
“premises” includes any structure, building, vehicle, vessel or place, whether built upon or not, and anj part thereof;
“public place” means—
| (a) | a place (whether or not covered by water); or |
(b) a part of premises,
that is open to the public, or is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money or other consideration, whether or not the place or part is ordinarily so open or used, and whether or not the public to whom it is open consists only of a limited class of persons, but does not include a school;
“school” means any land occupied or used in connection with a public school or a technical school and any…