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Crimes Amendment (Repeal of Section 19A) Act 2015

No. 17 of 2015

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Section 19A repealed

4Consequential amendments to Sentencing Act 1991

5Repeal of amending Act

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Endnotes

1      General information

Crimes Amendment (Repeal of Section 19A) Act 2015

No. 17 of 2015

[Assented to 2 June 2015]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to repeal section 19A of the Crimes Act 1958.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Section 19A repealed

Section 19A of the Crimes Act 1958 is repealed.

4Consequential amendments to Sentencing Act 1991

(1)Clause 2(c)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Sentencing Act 1991 is repealed.

(2)After clause 2(d) of Schedule 1 to the Sentencing Act 1991 insert—

"(da)an offence against section 19A (intentionally causing a very serious disease) of the Crimes Act 1958 repealed by section 3 of the Crimes Amendment (Repeal of Section 19A) Act 2015;".

(3)Clause 3(b)(ii) of Schedule 1 to the Sentencing Act 1991 is repealed.

(4)After clause 3(c) of Schedule 1 to the Sentencing Act 1991 insert—

"(ca)an offence against section 19A (intentionally causing a very serious disease) of the Crimes Act 1958 repealed by section 3 of the Crimes Amendment (Repeal of Section 19A) Act 2015;".

(5)In clause 3(d) of Schedule 1 to the Sentencing Act 1991, for "(c)" substitute "(ca)".

5Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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Endnotes

1   General information

See for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 15 April 2015

Legislative Council: 7 May 2015

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to repeal section 19A of the Crimes Act 1958 and for other purposes."