Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 - SECT 4

Application to courts and proceedings

4. Application to courts and proceedings



(1) Except as provided by sections 5 and 25(1) and Parts 7A and 7B, this Act
applies only in relation to trials of indictable offences in the Supreme Court
or the County Court and proceedings ancillary or incidental to, or connected
with or arising out of, those trials, including committal proceedings.

(2) If an appeal is made under this Act to the Court of Appeal-

   (a)  a reference in this Act to the court, in respect of the making or
        confirming of a supervision order by the Court of Appeal on the
        appeal, is a reference to the Court of Appeal; and

   (b)  if the Court of Appeal makes or confirms a supervision order on the
        appeal, a reference in this Act to the court that made the supervision
        order is a reference to the court from which the appeal was made to
        the Court of Appeal.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply so as to allow a person to appeal to the
Court of Appeal against a supervision order made by the Court of Appeal.