AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Dangerous Goods Amendment Act 2000
No 63 of 2000
	
An Act to amend the Dangerous Goods Act 1975
[Notified in ACT Gazette No. 44: 2 November 2000]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1 	Name of Act
	This Act is the Dangerous Goods Amendment Act 2000.
2 	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.
3 	Act amended
	This Act amends the Dangerous Goods Act 1975.
4 	Proceedings for offences
	Section 33 is amended by omitting subsections (4) and (5) and substituting the following subsections:
“(4) 	If a coroner’s inquest or inquiry is held and it appears from the coroner’s findings or report, or from proceedings at the inquest or inquiry, that an offence has been committed against this Act, proceedings for the offence may be begun in the Magistrates Court at any time before the third anniversary of the day the findings were recorded, or the report was made, whichever occurs later.
 “(5) 	Subsection (4) applies to an offence against this Act whether the act or omission alleged to constitute the offence occurred before or after the commencement of that subsection.”.

Endnote
Act amended
1	Republished as in force on 1 January 1996.  See also Acts 1998 Nos 36 and 54; 1999 No 25.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 6 September 2000]

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