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House of Assembly—No 28
As received from the Legislative Council and read a first
time, 7 June 2006
South Australia
Criminal
Law (Sentencing) (Victim Impact) Amendment Bill 2006
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Criminal Law (Sentencing)
Act 1988.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Criminal
Law (Sentencing) Act 1988
4 Amendment of section 7A—Victim
impact statements
Schedule 1—Transitional
provision
The Parliament of South Australia enacts
as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Sentencing) (Victim
Impact) Amendment Act 2006.
This Act will come into operation 1 month after the date of
assent.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the
amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law (Sentencing)
Act 1988
4—Amendment of section 7A—Victim impact statements
(1) Section 7A(1)—after
"indictable offence" insert:
or a prescribed summary offence
(2) Section 7A—after subsection (3a) insert:
(3b) The court must, if the person so requested when furnishing
the statement, ensure that the defendant is present when the statement is read
out to the court.
(3) Section 7A—after subsection (4) insert:
(5) In this section—
prescribed summary offence means a summary offence that has caused
the death of, or serious harm to, a person;
serious harm means—
(a) harm that endangers, or is likely to endanger, a person's
life; or
(b) harm that consists of, or is likely to result in, loss of,
or serious and protracted impairment of, a part of the body or a physical or
mental function; or
(c) harm that consists of, or is likely to result in, serious
disfigurement.
Schedule 1—Transitional provision
The amendments to the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 effected by this Act apply in relation to proceedings for an offence whether the offence was committed before or after the commencement of this Act, provided that the defendant has not been sentenced in relation to the offence before the commencement of this Act.