AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Magistrates Court Amendment Act (No 2) 1999
No. 59 of 1999
	
An Act to amend the Magistrates Court Act 1930
[Notified in ACT Gazette No 45: 10 November 1999]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1 	Name of Act
	This Act is the Magistrates Court Amendment Act (No 2) 1999.
2 	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.
3 	Limitation of proceedings
	Section 31 of the Magistrates Court Act 1930 is amended—
	(a)	by omitting from subsection (1) “A prosecution” and substituting “Subject to subsections (1A) and (2), a prosecution”; and
	(b)	by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1A) 	If a coroner’s inquest or inquiry, or an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 1991 or the Royal Commissions Act 1991, is held into a matter that relates to an offence referred to in paragraph (1) (b) or (c), a prosecution in respect of the offence may be commenced within 1 year after the day on which—
	(a)	the coroner’s report is made; or
	(b)	the report of the board of inquiry or the royal commission is submitted to the Chief Minister.”.
	
Endnote
Act amended
1	Republished as in force on 31 March 1999.  See also Acts 1999 Nos 22 and 34.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 26 August 1999]

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