The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Am |
amended |
LW |
legislation website |
Sch |
Schedule |
Cl |
clause |
No |
number |
Schs |
Schedules |
Cll |
clauses |
p |
page |
Sec |
section |
Div |
Division |
pp |
pages |
Secs |
sections |
Divs |
Divisions |
Reg |
Regulation |
Subdiv |
Subdivision |
GG |
Government Gazette |
Regs |
Regulations |
Subdivs |
Subdivisions |
Ins |
inserted |
Rep |
repealed |
Subst |
substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Criminal Appeal Act 1912 No 16 (formerly Criminal Appeal Act of 1912). Assented to 16.4.1912. This Act has been amended as follows:
1924 | No 10 | Crimes (Amendment) Act 1924. Assented to 1.10.1924. |
1929 | No 2 | Crimes (Amendment) Act 1929. Assented to 12.3.1929. |
1939 | No 17 | Child Welfare Act 1939. Assented to
23.10.1939. |
1951 | No 31 | Crimes (Amendment) Act 1951. Assented to 6.11.1951. |
1957 | No 19 | Habitual Criminals Act
1957. Assented to 29.4.1957. |
1958 | No 25 | Justices (Amendment) Act 1958. Assented to 31.10.1958. |
1969 | No 60 | Public Defenders Act 1969. Assented
to 27.10.1969. |
1970 | No 52 | Supreme Court Act
1970. Assented to 14.10.1970. |
1972 | No 41 | Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972. Assented to 11.4.1972. |
No 48 | Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972. | |
1974 | No 50 | Crimes and Other Acts (Amendment) Act
1974. Assented to 6.5.1974. |
1975 | No 1 | District Court (Amendment) Act 1975.
Assented to 11.3.1975. |
No 65 | Miscellaneous Acts (Administrative Changes) Amendment Act 1975. Assented to 23.10.1975. | |
1977 | No 114 | Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act 1977. Assented to 9.12.1977. |
1978 | No 165 | Criminal Appeal (Bail) Amendment Act
1978. Assented to 29.12.1978. |
1979 | No 97 | Criminal Appeal (Crimes) Amendment Act
1979. Assented to 17.5.1979. |
No 205 | Miscellaneous Acts (Planning)
Repeal and Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 21.12.1979. | |
1982 | No 69 | Miscellaneous Acts (Coal Mines Regulation) Repeal
and Amendment Act 1982. Assented to 20.5.1982. |
1983 | No 181 | Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. The matter relating to the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 was repealed by the Criminal Appeal (Mental Illness) Amendment Act 1986. |
1985 | No 59 | Miscellaneous Acts (Death Penalty Abolition) Amendment Act 1985. Assented to 15.5.1985. |
1986 | No 94 | Criminal Appeal (Mental Illness) Amendment Act
1986. Assented to 29.5.1986. |
No 211 | Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act
1986. Assented to 23.12.1986. | |
1987 | No 238 | Miscellaneous Acts (Victims Compensation) Repeal and
Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. |
No 251 | Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act
1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. | |
1988 | No 20 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1988. Assented to 28.6.1988. |
1989 | No 102 | Criminal Appeal (Mental Disorder) Amendment Act
1989. Assented to 15.8.1989. |
No 226 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3)
1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. | |
1990 | No 11 | Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and
Amendment Act 1990. Assented to 1.6.1990. |
No 74 | Criminal Procedure Legislation (Amendment) Act
1990. Assented to 4.12.1990. | |
No 84 | Environmental Offences and Penalties (Amendment) Act
1990. Assented to 7.12.1990. | |
No 108 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1990. Assented to 13.12.1990. | |
1991 | No 17 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. |
No 94 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. | |
1992 | No 2 | Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act
1992. Assented to 17.3.1992. |
1993 | No 64 | Crimes Legislation (Review of Convictions) Amendment
Act 1993. Assented to 9.11.1993. |
1994 | No 15 | Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act
1994. Assented to 10.5.1994. |
No 95 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. | |
1995 | No 16 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. |
No 23 | Criminal Legislation Amendment Act
1995. Assented to 19.6.1995. | |
No 88 | Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act
1995. Assented to 19.12.1995. | |
1996 | No 6 | Criminal Legislation Amendment Act
1996. Assented to 5.6.1996. |
1997 | No 85 | Crimes Legislation Amendment Act
1997. Assented to 30.9.1997. |
1998 | No 49 | Courts Legislation Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. |
No 53 | Crimes Legislation Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. | |
No 54 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1998. Assented to 30.6.1998. | |
No 137 | Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act
1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. | |
No 149 | Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act
1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. | |
No 150 | Drug Court Act
1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. | |
1999 | No 31 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. |
No 39 | Courts Legislation Amendment Act
1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. | |
No 94 | Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act
1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. | |
2000 | No 31 | Courts Legislation Amendment Act
2000. Assented to 14.6.2000. |
No 43 | Crimes Legislation Amendment Act
2000. Assented to 27.6.2000. | |
2001 | No 100 | Justice Legislation Amendment
(Non-association and Place Restriction) Act 2001. Assented to
11.12.2001. |
No 117 | Criminal Legislation Amendment
Act 2001. Assented to 18.12.2001. | |
No 121 | Justices Legislation Repeal and
Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. | |
2002 | No 129 | Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
2002. Assented to 16.12.2002. |
2003 | No 27 | Crimes Legislation Amendment Act
2003. Assented to 8.7.2003. |
No 85 | Crimes Legislation Further
Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003. | |
2004 | No 11 | Crimes Legislation Amendment Act
2004. Assented to 24.3.2004. |
No 47 | Crimes (Administration of
Sentences) Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. | |
No 55 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. | |
No 85 | Child Protection (Offenders
Registration) Amendment Act 2004. Assented to
24.11.2004. | |
2005 | No 31 | Courts Legislation Amendment Act
2005. Assented to 15.6.2005. |
No 34 | Occupational Health and Safety
Amendment (Workplace Deaths) Act 2005. Assented to
15.6.2005. | |
No 67 | Sporting Venues (Offenders
Banning Orders) Act 2005. Assented to 29.9.2005. | |
No 98 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. | |
2006 | No 69 | Crimes (Appeal and Review)
Amendment (Double Jeopardy) Act 2006. Assented to
19.10.2006. |
No 107 | Crimes and Courts Legislation
Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 29.11.2006. | |
2007 | No 57 | Criminal Legislation Amendment
Act 2007. Assented to 15.11.2007. |
No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. | |
2008 | No 24 | Jury Amendment Act
2008. Assented to 11.6.2008. |
No 53 | Courts and Crimes Legislation
Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. | |
No 79 | Mental Health Legislation
Amendment (Forensic Provisions) Act 2008. Assented to
5.11.2008. | |
No 107 | Courts and Crimes Legislation
Further Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 8.12.2008. | |
2010 | No 48 | Crimes (Sentencing Legislation)
Amendment (Intensive Correction Orders) Act 2010. Assented to
28.6.2010. |
No 135 | Courts and Crimes Legislation
Further Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. | |
2011 | No 67 | Work Health and Safety
Legislation Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 28.11.2012. |
2012 | No 67 | Crimes Legislation Amendment Act
2012. Assented to 24.9.2012. |
2013 | No 7 | Crimes (Sentencing Procedure)
Amendment (Provisional Sentencing for Children) Act 2013.
Assented to 25.3.2013. |
This Act has also been amended pursuant to orders under secs 8 (2), 9 (3) and 9A of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 31.1.1973, and published in GG No 19 of 2.2.1973, p 329, declaring that the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply. Order dated 4.7.1985, and published in GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665.
Table of amendments
No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Reprints Act 1972, Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995.
Long title | Am GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665. |
Sec 1 | Am 1969 No 60, sec 2 (2) (a); 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (1); 1999 No 31, Sch 5.29. |
Sec 2 | Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (1); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1; 1982 No 69, Sch 2; 1986 No 94, Sch 1 (1); 1989 No 102, Sch 1 (1); 1990 No 11, Sch 2; 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1991 No 94, Sch 2; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [1] [2]; 2000 No 43, Sch 4; 2001 No 100, Sch 1.2; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [1] [2]; 2003 No 27, Sch 7 [1] [2]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.9 [1]–[3]; 2004 No 85, Sch 2.2; 2005 No 67, Sch 2.2; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.10 [1]; 2008 No 79, Sch 3.7 [1]; 2010 No 48, Sch 5.8; 2012 No 67, Sch 4.2; 2013 No 7, Sch 2. |
Sec 3 | Am 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (1); 2008 No 53, Sch 10. |
Sec 4 | Subst 2005 No 31, Sch 4 [1]. |
Sec 5 | Am 1986 No 94, Sch 1 (2). |
Sec 5AA | Ins 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (2). Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (1A) (ins 1979 No 97, sec 5 (a)); 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (2); 1999 No 94, Sch 4.97 [1]; 2000 No 31, Sch 3 [1]; 2003 No 85, Sch 3 [1]–[3]; 2011 No 67, Sch 4.5 [1]. |
Sec 5AB | Ins 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1. Am 2003 No 85, Sch 3 [4] [5]. |
Sec 5AC | Ins 1982 No 69, Sch 2. Am 2003 No 85, Sch 3 [6] [7]. |
Sec 5AD | Ins 1990 No 74, Sch 3. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [3]. |
Sec 5AE | Ins 1998 No 53, Sch 4 [1]. Am 2011 No 67, Sch 4.5 [2]. |
Sec 5AF (previously sec 5AE) | Ins 1998 No 150, Sch 1.3 [1]. Renumbered 1999 No 31, Sch 2.10 [1]. Subst 2006 No 107, Sch 1.10 [2]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2 (am 2008 No 107, Sch 21 [2]); 2008 No 107, Sch 6 [1]–[3]. |
Sec 5AG | Ins 2005 No 34, Sch 2. |
Sec 5A | Ins 1924 No 10, sec 32. Am 1951 No 31, sec 7 (a); 1974 No 50, sec 16 (a); 1975 No 1, sec 5 (a); 1977 No 114, sec 2; 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (3); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1; 1982 No 69, Sch 2; 1986 No 211, Sch 1 (1); 1998 No 53, Sch 4 [2] [3]; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.19 [1] [2]; 2006 No 69, Sch 2.2 [1]. |
Sec 5B | Ins 1924 No 10, sec 33. Am 1929 No 2, sec 17; 1939 No 17, sec 176; 1951 No 31, sec 7 (b); 1975 No 1, sec 5 (b); 1998 No 137, Sch 2.8 [1]; 2006 No 69, Sch 2.2 [2]. |
Sec 5BA | Ins 1990 No 84, Sch 2. Am 1998 No 137, Sch 2.8 [2]. |
Sec 5C | Ins 1924 No 10, sec 33. Am 1975 No 1, sec 5 (c); 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (4); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1, 1982 No 69, Sch 2; 1986 No 211, Sch 1 (2), (3); 1987 No 251, Sch 1 (1); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [4]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.4 [2] (am 2007 No 27, Sch 2.10 [3]); 2011 No 67, Sch 4.5 [3]. |
Sec 5D | Ins 1924 No 10, sec 33. Am 1975 No 1, sec 5 (d); 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (5); 1986 No 211, Sch 1 (4); 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1992 No 2, Sch 3 (1); 1998 No 49, Sch 6 [1] [2]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.10 [3]. |
Sec 5DA | Ins 1992 No 2, Sch 3 (2). Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.3 [1]. |
Sec 5DB | Ins 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [1]. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [5]. |
Sec 5DC | Ins 2006 No 107, Sch 1.10 [4]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2 (am 2008 No 107, Sch 21 [2]); 2008 No 107, Sch 6 [4]–[6]. |
Sec 5E | Ins 1929 No 2, sec 18. Subst 1957 No 19, sec 12 (1). |
Sec 5F | Ins 1987 No 251, Sch 1 (2). Am 1988 No 20, Sch 3; 1999 No 39, Sch 1; 2000 No 31, Sch 3 [2]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [6]–[8]; 2003 No 85, Sch 3 [8] [9]; 2010 No 135, Sch 11 [1]. |
Sec 5G | Ins 2008 No 24, Sch 2 [1]. |
Sec 6 | Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (6). |
Sec 6AA | Ins 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (3). |
Sec 6A | Ins 1986 No 94, Sch 1 (3). Am 1989 No 102, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1990 No 11, Sch 2. Am 2008 No 79, Sch 3.7 [2]. |
Sec 7 | Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (7); 1986 No 94, Sch 1 (4); 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [1]; 2003 No 27, Sch 7 [3]; 2004 No 11, Sch 6. |
Sec 8 | Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (2). |
Sec 8A | Ins 1958 No 25, sec 3 (1). Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (3); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [9]–[12]. |
Sec 9 | Am 1974 No 50, sec 16 (b); GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665; 1987 No 238, Sch 1; 1998 No 54, Sch 2.7 [1] [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [4] [5]; 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [2]. |
Sec 10 | Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (8); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1; 1982 No 69, Sch 2; 1985 No 59, Sch 1; 1990 No 74, Sch 3; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [2] [3]; 1998 No 150, Sch 1.3 [2]; 1999 No 31, Sch 2.10 [2] (am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.62). Subst 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [3]. Am 2003 No 85, Sch 3 [10]. |
Sec 11 | Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (9). |
Sec 12 | Am 1987 No 251, Sch 1 (3); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [13]. |
Sec 13 | Rep 1969 No 60, sec 2 (2) (b). |
Sec 14A | Ins 1995 No 23, Sch 1.3. Subst 1996 No 6, Sch 1.3. Am 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [4]; 2007 No 57, Sch 2 [1] [2]. |
Sec 17 | Am GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [14]; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.19 [3]. |
Sec 18 | Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (4); 1995 No 88, Sch 1.2 [1] [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [6]–[9], 4.97 [2]. |
Sec 19 | Am 1969 No 60, sec 2 (2) (c); 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [4]–[6]. |
Sec 21 | Am 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [7]. |
Sec 21A | Ins 1998 No 49, Sch 6 [3]. |
Sec 22 | Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (5). Subst 1995 No 88, Sch 1.2 [3]. Am 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [5]; 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [8]; 2006 No 69, Sch 2.2 [3]. |
Sec 22A | Ins 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (4). |
Sec 24 | Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (6). |
Sec 25A | Ins 1998 No 149, Sch 2.3 [2]. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [10]–[12]; 2004 No 47, Sch 3.2 [1]. |
Part 6 | Rep 1993 No 64, Sch 2 (1). |
Sec 26 | Am 1985 No 59, Sch 1; GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665. Rep 1993 No 64, Sch 2 (1). |
Part 7, headings | Ins 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (7). |
Sec 27 | Am 1975 No 65, sec 6; GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665. Subst 1993 No 64, Sch 2 (2). |
Sec 28 | Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (8); 1990 No 108, Sch 1. |
Sec 28A | Ins 2004 No 47, Sch 3.2 [2]. |
Sec 29 | Ins 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (9) (am 1979 No 97, sec 5 (b)). Am 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 2. |
Sec 30 | Ins 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (5). |
Sch 1 | Ins 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (5). Am 1995 No 88, Sch 1.2 [4]; 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [6]; 1998 No 53, Sch 4 [4]; 1998 No 149, Sch 2.3 [3]; 2000 No 31, Sch 3 [3]; 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [9]; 2003 No 85, Sch 3 [11]; 2005 No 31, Sch 4 [2]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.10 [5]; 2007 No 57, Sch 2 [3]; 2008 No 24, Sch 2 [2]; 2008 No 107, Sch 6 [7]; 2010 No 135, Sch 11 [2]. |
