New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

LAW ENFORCEMENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PUBLIC SAFETY) ACT 2005 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Amendment of Crimes Act 1900

(Section 4)

[1] Section 59A

Insert after section 59:

59A Assault during public disorder

(1) A person who assaults any person during a large-scale public disorder, although not occasioning actual bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years.

(2) A person who assaults any person during a large-scale public disorder, and by the assault occasions actual bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.

(3) In this section, "public disorder" means a riot or other civil disturbance that gives rise to a serious risk to public safety, whether at a single location or resulting from a series of incidents in the same or different locations.

(4) This section is repealed on the second anniversary of the commencement of this section.

[2] Section 93B Riot

Omit "10 years" from section 93B (1). Insert instead "15 years".

[3] Section 93C Affray

Omit "5 years" from section 93C (1). Insert instead "10 years".