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1998-99
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Crimes
Amendment (Fine Enforcement) Bill 1999
No.
, 1999
(Justice and
Customs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Crimes Act 1914, and for related purposes
ISBN: 0642 405263
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1914,
and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Crimes Amendment (Fine Enforcement) Act
1999.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 Paragraph 15A(1AA)(a)
Omit “magistrate of the State or Territory sitting as a court”,
substitute “court of summary jurisdiction of the State or
Territory”.
2 Paragraph 15A(1AA)(b)
Omit “magistrate”, substitute “court”.
3 Subsection 15A(1AC)
Omit “magistrate”, substitute “court of summary
jurisdiction”.
4 After subsection 15A(1AC)
Insert:
(1ACA) The following provisions do not apply in relation to subsections
(1AA) and (1AC):
(a) paragraph 26(d) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;
(b) paragraph 39(2)(d) of the Judiciary Act 1903.
Note: This subsection lets an officer of a State or
Territory court of summary jurisdiction make an order under this section
imposing a penalty for failure to pay a fine for a Commonwealth offence if the
law of the State or Territory allows the officer to exercise the court’s
powers.
5 Application
The amendments of section 15A of the Crimes Act 1914 made by this
Act apply in relation to a fine regardless of whether it was imposed before, on
or after the commencement of this Act.