Crimes Act 1900 No 40
Historical version for 24 September 1993 to 13 November 1993 (accessed 22 May 2013 at 16:31) Current version
Eleventh Schedule

Eleventh Schedule Savings and transitional provisions

(Section 581)

Part 1 Crimes (Amendment) Act 1989

1   References in legislation

(1)  In any other Act, in any instrument made under any Act or in any document of any kind:
(a)  a reference (however expressed) to sexual intercourse within the meaning of section 61A is to be taken to be a reference to sexual intercourse within the meaning of section 61H, and
(b)  a reference to an offence under section 61B or 61C is to be taken to include a reference to an offence under section 61K, and
(c)  a reference to an offence under section 61D is to be taken to include a reference to an offence under section 61I or 61J, and
(d)  a reference to an offence under section 61E is to be taken to include a reference to an offence under section 61L, 61M, 61N or 61O, and
(e)  a reference to an attempt referred to in section 61F is to be taken to include a reference to an attempt referred to in section 61P.
(2)  Subclause (1) does not apply in relation to offences committed or alleged to have been committed before the commencement of Schedule 1 (2) to the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1989.

2   Omitted provisions

Sections 61A–61G as in force before their repeal by the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1989 continue to apply to offences committed or alleged to have been committed before the repeal.

Part 2 Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992

3   Sexual intercourse

It is declared that, from 14 July 1981 (being the date of commencement of the amendments made by the Crimes (Sexual Assault) Amendment Act 1981) until the commencement of the amendment made by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992 to section 61H, an act has been an act of sexual intercourse within the meaning of this Act at the relevant time if the act has comprised sexual intercourse within the meaning of section 61H, as amended by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992.

4   Consent to sexual intercourse

The amendments to section 61R made by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992 apply only in respect of offences committed after the commencement of the amendments.

5   Application of amendment to section 409

The amendment made by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992 to section 409, to the extent to which it applies to a written statement the whole or a part of which was tendered as evidence on a plea of guilty under section 51A of the Justices Act 1902, applies to such a statement tendered after the commencement of the amendment.

6   Operation of amendments relating to taking of vehicles without consent and other indictable offences

(1)  The amendments to sections 476 and 496A made by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992 apply only in respect of proceedings for offences committed after the commencement of the amendments.
(2)  This Act applies in respect of proceedings for offences committed before the commencement of any such amendments as if the amendments had not been made.
(3)  Section 526A continues to apply to offences committed before that section was repealed as if the section is still in force.

7   Reduction of sentences for assistance to authorities

Section 442B of this Act and section 5DA of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912, as inserted by the Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992, apply only to a sentence imposed after the commencement of the section concerned, but so apply whether the offence in relation to which the sentence is imposed was committed before or after that commencement.

Part 3 Crimes (Registration of Interstate Restraint Orders) Amendment Act 1993

8   Interstate restraint orders

Part 15A, as amended by the Crimes (Registration of Interstate Restraint Orders) Amendment Act 1993, extends to an interstate restraint order (within the meaning of that Part) made before the commencement of that Act.
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