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Western Australia Court Jurisdiction Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 Contents Part 1 -- Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 Part 2 -- District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 amended 3. Act amended 3 4. Section 42 amended 3 5. Section 89A amended 3 Part 3 -- The Criminal Code amended 6. Act amended 5 7. Section 338B amended 5 8. Section 401 amended 5 9. Section 409 amended 5 10. Section 426 amended 6 11. Section 527 amended 6 40--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Court Jurisdiction Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 A Bill for An Act to amend the District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 and The Criminal Code to alter the criminal jurisdiction boundaries between the Supreme Court, District Court and Magistrates Court. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Court Jurisdiction Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 Part 1 Preliminary s. 1 1 Part 1 -- Preliminary 2 1. Short title 3 This is the Court Jurisdiction Legislation Amendment Act 2017. 4 2. Commencement 5 This Act comes into operation as follows -- 6 (a) Part 1 -- on the day on which this Act receives the 7 Royal Assent; 8 (b) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation, 9 and different days may be fixed for different provisions. page 2 Court Jurisdiction Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 amended Part 2 s. 3 1 Part 2 -- District Court of Western Australia 2 Act 1969 amended 3 3. Act amended 4 This Part amends the District Court of Western Australia 5 Act 1969. 6 4. Section 42 amended 7 Delete section 42(2) and insert: 8 9 (2) The Court does not have jurisdiction to try an accused 10 person charged with an indictable offence that is -- 11 (a) a crime under The Criminal Code section 279, 12 280, 283, 288 or 290; or 13 (b) an offence, or offence of a class, prescribed in 14 the regulations. 15 16 5. Section 89A amended 17 (1) Before section 89A(1) insert: 18 19 (1A) The Governor may make regulations prescribing 20 matters -- 21 (a) required or permitted to be prescribed by this 22 Act; or 23 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for 24 giving effect to this Act. 25 page 3 Court Jurisdiction Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 Part 2 District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 amended s. 5 1 (2) In section 89A(1) delete "The" and insert: 2 3 Without limiting subsection (1A), the 4 5 (3) In section 89A(2) delete "subsection (1)," and insert: 6 7 subsection (1A) or (1), 8 9 Note: The heading to amended section 89A is to read: 10 Regulations page 4 Court Jurisdiction Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 The Criminal Code amended Part 3 s. 6 1 Part 3 -- The Criminal Code amended 2 6. Act amended 3 This Part amends The Criminal Code. 4 7. Section 338B amended 5 In section 338B delete the Summary conviction penalty and 6 insert: 7 8 Summary conviction penalty: 9 (a) in a case to which paragraph (a) above 10 applies: imprisonment for 3 years and a fine 11 of $36 000; or 12 (b) in a case to which paragraph (b) above 13 applies: imprisonment for 18 months and a 14 fine of $18 000. 15 16 8. Section 401 amended 17 In section 401(3) delete "$10 000" and insert: 18 19 $50 000 20 21 9. Section 409 amended 22 In section 409(2) delete "$10 000" and insert: 23 24 $50 000 25 page 5 Court Jurisdiction Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 Part 3 The Criminal Code amended s. 10 1 10. Section 426 amended 2 In section 426(2) delete "$10 000," and insert: 3 4 $50 000, 5 6 11. Section 527 amended 7 In section 527(2) delete "$10 000" and insert: 8 9 $50 000 10 11
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