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CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE AMENDMENT BILL 2009

                    Western Australia


Cross-border Justice Amendment Bill 2009

                       CONTENTS


 1.    Short title                                        2
 2.    Commencement                                       2
 3.    Act amended                                        2
 4.    Section 7 amended                                  2
 5.    Section 8 amended                                  2
 6.    Section 29 amended                                 3
 7.    Section 36 amended                                 3
 8.    Section 54 amended                                 3
 9.    Section 55 amended                                 4
 10.   Section 139A inserted                              4
       139A.    Operation of Coroners Act 1996 not
                affected                             4




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                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



    Cross-border Justice Amendment Bill 2009


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Cross-border Justice Act 2008.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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1    1.       Short title
2             This is the Cross-border Justice Amendment Act 2009.

3    2.       Commencement
4             This Act comes into operation as follows --
5              (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
6                    receives the Royal Assent (assent day);
7              (b) the rest of the Act --
8                       (i) when the Cross-border Justice Act 2008
9                           section 4 comes into operation; or
10                     (ii) if assent day is later than the day on which the
11                          Cross-border Justice Act 2008 section 4 comes
12                          into operation -- on assent day.

13   3.       Act amended
14            This Act amends the Cross-border Justice Act 2008.

15   4.       Section 7 amended
16            In section 7(1) in the definition of office holder delete
17            "participating" (first occurrence) and insert:
18

19            a participating
20


21   5.       Section 8 amended
22            In section 8(2)(a) delete "2008" and insert:
23

24            2009
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1    6.         Section 29 amended
2               In section 29 delete "(1) This Division" and insert:
3

4               This Division
5


6    7.         Section 36 amended
7               In section 36(1) delete "released." and insert:
8

9               released without charge.
10


11   8.         Section 54 amended
12        (1)   In section 54(1)(a) --
13                (a) after "jurisdiction" (first occurrence) insert:
14

15                      (the arresting jurisdiction)
16

17               (b)    delete "that other jurisdiction (the arresting
18                      jurisdiction) --" and insert:
19

20                      the arresting jurisdiction --
21

22        (2)   In section 54(2)(b) delete "that other jurisdiction" and insert:
23

24              the arresting jurisdiction
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1    9.       Section 55 amended
2             In section 55(1):
3               (a) in paragraph (a) delete "jurisdiction --" and insert:
4

5                      jurisdiction (the investigating jurisdiction) --
6

7               (b)    in paragraph (a)(i) delete "that other jurisdiction (the
8                      investigating jurisdiction); or" and insert:
9

10                     the investigating jurisdiction; or
11

12              (c)    in paragraph (a)(ii) delete "that other jurisdiction;" and
13                     insert:
14

15                     the investigating jurisdiction;
16


17   10.      Section 139A inserted
18            After section 138 insert:
19


20          139A.     Operation of Coroners Act 1996 not affected
21                    This Act does not affect the operation of the Coroners
22                    Act 1996 in relation to the investigation of the death of
23                    a person.
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