2. Commencement

2. Commencement

(1) This Chapter comes into operation on the day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 437 comes into operation on 1 July 2010.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the remaining provisions of this Act come into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.

(4) If a provision referred to in subsection (3) does not come into operation before 1 January 2011, it comes into operation on that day.

The Criminal Procedure Act 2009 received Royal Assent on 10 March 2009, and Chapter 1 came into force on that date. The commencement for most provisions was 1 January 2010. Some provisions, such as Division 2 of Part 2.3 (Notices to Appear), are 'pilot projects' and are not yet operating across the state.

This section was amended by s 51(a) of the Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, as part of re-numbering made necessary by that Act.