CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 177 Existing applications for exclusion orders—Confiscation Amendment Act 2007

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 177

    (1)     Despite section 14 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 , any application for an exclusion order made before, on or after 15 February 2007 but not determined before the commencement of the Confiscation Amendment Act 2007 is to be determined—

        (a)     in the case of an application for an exclusion order to be made under section 21, as if section 21 as amended by section 5(1) of the Confiscation Amendment Act 2007 had been in operation at the time the application was made; and

        (b)     in the case of an application for an exclusion order to be made under section 22, as if section 22 as amended by section 6(1) of the Confiscation Amendment Act 2007 had been in operation at the time the application was made; and

        (c)     in the case of an application for an exclusion order to be made under section 24, as if section 24 as amended by section 8(1) of the Confiscation Amendment Act 2007 had been in operation at the time the application was made; and

        (d)     in the case of an application for an exclusion order to be made under section 50, as if section 50 as amended by section 10(1) of the Confiscation Amendment Act 2007 had been in operation at the time the application was made; and

        (e)     in the case of an application for an exclusion order to be made under section 52, as if section 52 as amended by section 11(1) of the Confiscation Amendment Act 2007 had been in operation at the time the application was made; and

        (f)     in the case of an application for an exclusion order to be made under section 54, as if section 54 as amended by section 12(1) of the Confiscation Amendment Act 2007 had been in operation at the time the application was made.

    (2)     Nothing in this section affects the rights of the parties in the proceeding known as Director of Public Prosecutions v. Phan Thi Le (No. 3723 of 2006) in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal.

S. 178 inserted by No. 42/2007 s. 17.