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“Rules for handling changes to the Crimes Act 1961”

This schedule explains what happens to certain rules in the Crimes Act 1961 after they are changed by the Crimes Amendment Act 2019. The schedule talks about two specific situations.

The first situation is about protecting spouses and civil union partners from being punished for helping their partner after they’ve committed a crime. Even though this protection is being removed, it will still apply to anything that happened before the new law came into effect.

The second situation is about a rule that said you couldn’t be charged with killing someone if more than a year and a day passed between your action and the person’s death. This rule is also being removed, but it will still apply to anything that happened before the new law came into effect, no matter when the person actually died.

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1AATransitional, savings, and related provisions

1Provisions relating to Crimes Amendment Act 2019

1Immunity for spouses and civil union partners from prosecution as accessory after the fact

  1. For the purpose of this clause, repeal date means the date on which the Crimes Amendment Act 2019 comes into force.

  2. The immunity in section 71(2) continues to apply on and after the repeal date if an act to which section 71(1) would otherwise apply was done before the repeal date.

2Limitation on prosecution for killing person if period between cause of death and death is more than a year and a day

  1. For the purpose of this clause, repeal date means the date on which the Crimes Amendment Act 2019 comes into force.

  2. The limitation on prosecution in section 162 continues to apply on and after the repeal date if an act to which section 162 applies is done, or an omission to which section 162 applies occurs, before the repeal date (irrespective of when the resulting death occurs).