Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS) ACT 1986 - SECT 15

15 Transitional provision for Penalties and Sentences (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017

(1) Amended section 3 applies in relation to a conviction whether recorded before or after the commencement.

(2) If, under amended section 3, no rehabilitation period applies in relation to a conviction recorded before the commencement—

(a) any rehabilitation period in relation to the conviction that would otherwise have been capable of running under the pre-amended Act before the commencement is taken not to have run; and

(b) any rehabilitation period in relation to the conviction that would otherwise have expired under the pre-amended Act before the commencement is taken not to have expired.

(3) In this section—

"amended section 3" means section 3 as amended by the Penalties and Sentences (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 .

"pre-amended Act" means this Act as in force from time to time before the commencement.