New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES AT SEA ACT 1998 - SECT 8

8 Application of repeal and amendments

(1) In this section, "commencement day" means the day on which sections 7 and 9 come into operation.

(2) Although section 7 repeals the Crimes (Offences at Sea) Act 1980 , that Act continues to apply, in relation to acts and omissions that took place before the commencement day, as if the repeal had not happened.

(3) The amendments referred to in section 9 apply to acts and omissions that take place on or after the commencement day.

(4) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement day, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the commencement day.