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CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) AMENDMENT BILL 2006





                        New South Wales




Crimes (Sentencing Procedure)
Amendment Bill 2006


Contents

                                                                     Page
          1    Name of Act                                             2
          2    Commencement                                            2
          3    Amendment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
               No 92                                                   2
           4   Repeal of Act                                           2
  Schedule 1   Amendments                                              3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.


                                               Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
                                               Legislative Assembly,
                                               Sydney,                     , 2006




                            New South Wales




Crimes (Sentencing Procedure)
Amendment Bill 2006
Act No      , 2006




An Act to amend the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 with respect to
sentencing for crimes committed against public transport workers and community
workers.




I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill
as finally passed by both Houses.


                          Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1          Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Bill 2006




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
 1    Name of Act
               This Act is the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2006.
 2    Commencement
               This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
 3    Amendment of Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 92
               The Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 is amended as set out in
               Schedule 1.
 4    Repeal of Act
         (1)   This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act
               commences.
         (2)   The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
               of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.




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Amendments                                                               Schedule 1




Schedule 1            Amendments
                                                                            (Section 3)
[1]   Section 21A Aggravating, mitigating and other factors in sentencing
      Omit "the victim's occupation" from section 21A (2) (a).
      Insert instead "the victim's occupation or voluntary work".
[2]   Section 21A (2) (l)
      Insert ", bus driver or other public transport worker" after "taxi driver".
[3]   Part 4, Division 1A, Table
      Omit "the victim's occupation" from Item No 1A.
      Insert instead "the victim's occupation or voluntary work".
[4]   Schedule 2 Savings, transitional and other provisions
      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
             Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment Act 2006
[5]   Schedule 2, Part 15
      Insert at the end of the Schedule:

      Part 15 Provisions consequent on enactment of
              Crimes (Sentencing Procedure)
              Amendment Act 2006
       55    Existing offences and proceedings
                   The amendments made to this Act by the Crimes (Sentencing
                   Procedure) Amendment Act 2006 apply to the determination of a
                   sentence for an offence whenever committed, unless:
                   (a) the court has convicted the person being sentenced of the
                         offence, or




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Schedule 1   Amendments




                (b)   a court has accepted a plea of guilty and the plea has not
                      been withdrawn,
                before the commencement of that Act.




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