Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1999 (NO. 32 OF 1999) - SECT 10

    After section 428F of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“428FA.     Action pending determination by tribunal

    “If—

        (a)     an accused is charged with a serious offence or a non-serious offence;

        (b)     the court has made an order under subsection 428E (1); and

        (c)     a jury has been empanelled for the proceedings;

the court may, having regard to the time that is likely to be taken by the tribunal before it makes its determination, discharge the jury.”.