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Serial 57
Criminal
Code Amendment (Hit and Run) Bill 2013
Mr
Elferink
A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (HIT AND RUN) ACT 2013
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Act No. [ ] of 2013
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Table of provisions
Division 6 Criminal Code Amendment (Hit and Run) Act 2013
449 Application
of amendments
NORTHERN
TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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Act No. [ ] of 2013
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code
[Assented to [ ] 2013]
[Second reading [ ] 2013]
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Hit and Run) Act 2013.
This Act commences on the day fixed by the Administrator by Gazette notice.
This Act amends the Criminal Code.
(1) Section 174FA(1)(b)
omit, insert
(b) the driver fails to do any of the following:
(i) stop the vehicle at the scene of the incident;
(ii) give any assistance to the person that is reasonable in the circumstances;
(iii) as soon as reasonably practicable after the incident or after giving the assistance mentioned in subparagraph (ii) – notify a representative of the Police Force of the following:
(A) that the incident has occurred;
(B) the location of the incident;
(C) that the driver was the driver of the vehicle involved in the incident;
(D) the driver's name;
(iv) comply with any reasonable direction given by a representative of the Police Force in relation to the incident.
(2) Section 174FA(2)
insert (in alphabetical order)
representative of the Police Force means:
(a) a police officer; or
(b) a public sector employee working in a communications centre operated by the Police Force of the Northern Territory.
5 Part XI, Division 6 inserted
After section 448
insert
Division 6 Criminal Code Amendment (Hit and Run) Act 2013
(1) Section 174FA as amended by the Criminal Code Amendment (Hit and Run) Act 2013 applies only in relation to offences committed after the commencement of this section (commencement).
(2) Section 174FA, as in force before commencement, continues to apply in relation to offences committed before commencement.
(3) For this section:
(a) an offence is taken to have been committed after commencement only if all the conduct constituting the offence occurred after commencement; and
(b) any other offence is taken to have been committed before commencement.
This Act expires on the day after it commences.
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