Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

CRIMES (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) REGULATION 2009 (NO 21 OF 2009) - REG 3

The Act, section 600 applies as if the following subsections were inserted:

    ‘(2)     That part, as in force immediately before the amendments commence, continues to apply to the proceeding.

    (3)     For subsection (1), the hearing in a proceeding for an offence has started if—

        (a)     the defendant has pleaded guilty to the charge and the court has accepted the plea; or

        (b)     the defendant has pleaded not guilty to the charge, or is taken to have pleaded not guilty to the charge under section 375 (6) and the court has begun to take oral or written evidence in the proceeding (other than in relation to bail or any other interlocutory matter).'