CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - NOTES
This legislation has been repealed.
CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - NOTES
1 This is a compilation of the Criminal
Injuries Compensation Act 1985 and includes the amendments effected by
the other Acts referred to in the following Table 1a.
|
Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
|---|---|---|---|
|
73 of 1985 |
4 Dec 1985 |
1 Jan 1986 (see Gazette
23 Dec 1985 p. 5059) |
|
|
Acts Amendment (Children’s Court) Act 1988
Pt. 10 |
49 of 1988 |
20 Dec 1989 |
1 Dec 1989 (see Gazette
24 Nov 1989 p. 4327) |
|
Children’s Court of Western Australia Amendment
Act (No. 2) 1991 s. 21 |
15 of 1991 |
21 Jun 1991 |
9 Aug 1991 (see Gazette
9 Aug 1991 p. 4101) |
|
Criminal Injuries Compensation Amendment
Act 1991 |
21 of 1991 |
20 Sep 1991 |
18 Oct 1991 |
|
Financial Administration Legislation Amendment
Act 1993 Pt. 4 |
6 of 1993 |
27 Aug 1993 |
1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2) |
|
Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act 1993
Pt. 7 |
31 of 1993 |
15 Dec 1993 |
1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2) |
|
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management)
Act 1994 Pt. 2 |
32 of 1994 |
29 Jun 1994 |
1 Oct 1994 (see Gazette
30 Sep 1994 p. 4948) |
|
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments)
Act 1994, s. 4 |
73 of 1994 |
9 Dec 1994 |
9 Dec 1994 |
|
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995,
Pt. 21 |
78 of 1995 |
16 Jan 1996 |
4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette
25 Oct 1996 p. 5632) |
|
Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996,
s. 64 |
49 of 1996 |
25 Oct 1996 |
25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1)) |
|
69 of 1996 |
13 Nov 1996 |
13 Nov 1997 (see s. 2) |
|
|
Criminal Injuries Compensation Amendment
Act 1996 |
71 of 1996 |
13 Nov 1996 |
13 Nov 1996 |
|
Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003
Pt. 13 |
28 of 2003 |
22 May 2003 |
1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette
30 Jun 2003 p. 2579) |
|
This Act was repealed by the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 2003 s 73 (No. 77 of 2003) as at 1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and
Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722) |
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1a As at the date of this compilation Part 5 of the Mental
Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1996 was not in operation, but
proclaimed to become operative when Act No. 68 of 1996 (Mental Health Act
1996) comes into force. Part 5 reads as follows —
“
Part 5 — Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act 1985
21. Section 9 amended
Section 9 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1985 is
amended by deleting “incapable of understanding the proceedings at his
trial or not of sound mind during his trial, '' in the 2 places it occurs and
substituting the following”—
“ mentally unfit to stand trial, ”.
”.
2 Part 19 of the Acts Amendment (Ministry of Justice) Act
1993 reads as follows —
“
PART 19 – SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL
68. Savings
If this Act is not passed until after 1 July 1993, anything done after
that day but before this Act is passed that would have been in accordance with
law if this Act had not come into operation but as a result of the coming into
operation of this Act is contrary to law, is deemed to be in accordance with
law.
69. Transitional
Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference, however expressed, in
any law or document to the former Department of Corrective Services or Crown Law
Department, the chief executive officer of either of those departments, or an
office or organizational unit within either of those departments, is to be read
as a reference to the Ministry of Justice, the chief executive officer of the
Ministry of Justice, or the corresponding office or unit within the Ministry of
Justice, as is appropriate”.
”.
3 Section 6 (2) and (3) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation
Amendment Act 1996 reads as follows —
“
(2) The person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act,
the Assessor continues, after that commencement and subject to the principal
Act, to hold office as if he or she had been appointed, on the same terms and
conditions, as Chief Assessor under section 5 (1) of the principal Act as
amended by this Act for a term expiring on the day on which his or her
appointment as Assessor would have expired.
(3) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an
acting Assessor continues, after that commencement and subject to the principal
Act, to hold office as if he or she had been appointed, on the same terms and
conditions, to act temporarily as the Chief Assessor under section 5A (1)
of the principal Act as amended by this Act..
”.