Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION FURTHER AMENDMENT ACT 2024 (NO 9 OF 2024) - SECT 35

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Division 14     Transitional matters for Justice and Other Legislation Further Amendment Act 2024

154     Definitions

In this Division:

"amending Act" means the Justice and Other Legislation Further Amendment Act 2024 .

"commencement" means the commencement of Part 9 of the amending Act.

155     Continuation of approved places for Law and Justice Groups

An approval of a place under section 107C(1) of the Act that is in effect immediately before the commencement continues in effect after the commencement as if the place had been approved under section 107C(1), as inserted by the amending Act.

156     Continuation of appointed members as approved members of Law and Justice Groups

    (1)     Subsection (2) applies to a person who was appointed as a member of a Law and Justice Group for a place referred to in section 155, under regulation 19 of the Sentencing Regulations 1996 as in force immediately before the commencement.

    (2)     The person is taken to have been approved under section 107C(3), as inserted by the amending Act, to be an approved member of the Law and Justice Group for the place after the commencement.