Prostitution Reform Act 2003

Miscellaneous provisions - Repeals, amendments, and transitional provisions

51: Transitional provisions for past offences

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"What happens if you broke the law before this law started"

If you did something against the law before this Act started, you cannot be found guilty of that offence after this Act started, unless it was against section 149A of the Crimes Act 1961. You can still be found guilty of an offence against section 149A of the Crimes Act 1961 if you did it before this Act started. The police can still investigate what you did, and you can still be punished for it, even though this Act has started and section 149A of the Crimes Act 1961 is no longer part of the law.

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Part 4Miscellaneous provisions
Repeals, amendments, and transitional provisions

51Transitional provisions for past offences

  1. No person may be convicted of an offence against any of the enactments repealed by section 48 (other than an offence against section 149A of the Crimes Act 1961) on or after the commencement of this Act if the offence was committed before the commencement of this Act.

  2. The repeal of section 149A of the Crimes Act 1961 does not affect a liability to conviction or to a penalty for an offence committed against that section before the commencement of this Act, and that section continues to have effect as if it had not been repealed for the purposes of—

  3. investigating the offence:
    1. commencing or completing proceedings for the offence:
      1. imposing a penalty for the offence.