Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The amendments of this Act made by sections 4, 6 and 7 of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1997 apply to any trial that commences on or after 1 January 1998, irrespective of when the offence to which the trial relates is alleged to have been committed.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a trial commences on arraignment of the accused in accordance with Subdivision (12) of Division 1 of Part III.
(3) The amendments of section 47A of this Act made by section 5(1) of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1997 apply only to offences against section 47A(1) alleged to have been committed on or after 1 January 1998.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates of which one is before and one is on or after 1 January 1998, the offence is alleged to have been committed before 1 January 1998.
(5) The amendments of section 47A of this Act made by section 5(2), (3), (4) and (5) of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1997 apply to offences against section 47A(1) for which a charge is filed on or after 1 January 1998, irrespective of when the offence is alleged to have been committed.
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inserted by No. 81/1997
s. 15.