CRIMES (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT AND UNFITNESS TO BE TRIED) ACT 1997

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CRIMES (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT AND UNFITNESS TO BE TRIED) ACT 1997 - NOTES

No. 65 of 1997
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 December 2008

ENDNOTES

1. General Information
Minister's second reading speech-
Legislative Assembly: 18 September 1997
Legislative Council: 15 October 1997
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to reform the law relating to fitness to stand trial for criminal offences and to the defence of insanity, to amend the Corrections Act 1986, the Crimes Act 1958, the Intellectually Disabled Persons' Services Act 1986 and the Mental Health Act 1986 and for other purposes."
Constitution Act 1975:
Section 85(5) statement:
Legislative Assembly: 18 September 1997
Legislative Council: 15 October 1997
Absolute majorities:
Legislative Assembly: 8 October 1997 and 11 November 1997
Legislative Council: 28 October 1997
The Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 was assented to on 18 November 1997 and came into operation as follows: Part 1 (sections 1-5) on 18 November 1997: section 2(1); rest of Act on 18 April 1998: section 2(3).
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus No. 1) Act 1998, No. 43/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 40 on 18.4.98: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Psychologists Registration Act 2000, No. 41/2000
Assent Date:
6.6.00
Commencement Date:
S. 102(Sch. item 2) on 1.6.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Juries Act 2000, No. 53/2000
Assent Date:
12.9.00
Commencement Date:
S. 95 on 1.8.01: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Statute Law Further Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001, No. 72/2001
Assent Date:
7.11.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 5) on 20.12.01: Government Gazette 20.12.01 p. 3127
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Forensic Health Legislation (Amendment) Act 2002, No. 7/2002
Assent Date:
9.4.02
Commencement Date:
S. 50 on 10.4.02: s. 2(1); ss 3-33 on 1.7.02: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997


Mental Health Legislation (Commonwealth Detainees) Act 2004, No. 44/2004
Endnotes
Assent Date:
16.6.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 6-10 on 17.6.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 50) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Statute Law Revision Act 2005, No. 10/2005
Assent Date:
27.4.05
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 7) on 28.4.05: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005
Assent Date:
24.5.05
Commencement Date:
S. 18(Sch. 1 item 30) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Sentencing and Mental Health Acts (Amendment) Act 2005, No. 69/2005
Assent Date:
11.10.05
Commencement Date:
S. 27 on 1.10.06: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Crimes (Homicide) Act 2005, No. 77/2005
Assent Date:
22.11.05
Commencement Date:
S. 10 on 23.11.05: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005
Assent Date:
7.12.05
Commencement Date:
S. 182(Sch. 4 item 15) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997


Disability Act 2006, No. 23/2006
Assent Date:
16.5.06
Commencement Date:
S. 237 on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Public Sector Acts (Further Workplace Protection and Other Matters) Act 2006, No. 80/2006
Assent Date:
10.10.06
Commencement Date:
S. 26(Sch. item 22) on 11.10.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Relationships Act 2008, No. 12/2008
Assent Date:
15.4.08
Commencement Date:
S. 73(1)(Sch. 1 item 15) on 1.12.08: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
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3. Explanatory Details

1 S. 18(4): Section 23 provides similarly to this subsection in relation to a finding of not guilty because of mental impairment under section 17(1)(b).
2 S. 18(4)(b): Section 40(2) applies to an order under this section.
3 S. 23(b): See note 2.
4 S. 26(1): Part 6 applies to a supervision order.
5 S. 26(8): Section 6A of the Corrections Act 1986 deems a person in custody in a prison to be in the custody of the Secretary to the Department of Justice.















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Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
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