Northern Territory Numbered Acts

LOCAL COURT (REPEALS AND RELATED AMENDMENTS) ACT 2016 (NO 9 OF 2016) - SECT 22

After section 208

insert

Division 4     Transitional matters for Local Court (Repeals and Related Amendments) Act 2016

209     Offences that may be dealt with summarily

    (1)     Section 120, as amended by the amendment Act, applies in relation to offences committed after the commencement.

    (2)     Section 121A, as amended by the amendment Act, applies in relation to offences to which section 213(5) of the Criminal Code applies that are committed after the commencement.

    (3)     Sections 120 and 121A, as in force immediately before commencement, apply in relation to offences committed before the commencement.

    (4)     Section 131A, as amended by the amendment Act, applies in relation to offences committed before and after the commencement.

    (5)     In this section:

"amendment Act "means the Local Court (Repeals and Related Amendments) Act 2016 .

"commencement" means the commencement of section 21 of the amendment Act.