Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES (SEXUAL OFFENCES) (FURTHER AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 76 OF 2006) - SECT 12

After section 38 of the Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 insert —

        '38A.     New section 158A inserted

After section 158 of the Evidence Act 1958 insert —

        "158A.     Transitional provision—Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 2006

    (1)     An amendment made to this Act by a provision of section 25, 29, 30, 33 or 37 of the Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 applies to—

        (a)     any legal proceeding commenced before the commencement of that provision if at the commencement of that provision—

              (i)     the hearing of the proceeding had not commenced; or

              (ii)     no evidence had been given on the hearing of the proceeding; and

        (b)     any legal proceeding that commences on or after the commencement of that provision.

    (2)     An amendment made to this Act by a provision of section 27, 34 or 38 of the Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 applies to any legal proceeding that commences on or after the commencement of that provision.".'.