Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs the Hon Dr David Kemp MP)Notes on clauses
Clause 1 - Short title
Provides for the Act to be cited as the Education, Training and Youth Affairs Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 .
Clause 2 - Commencement
Provides for the Act to commence on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Clause 3 - Schedule(s)
This clause has the effect that any Act that is specified in a Schedule is amended or repealed as provided in that Schedule.
Clause 4 - Application of amendments
Subclause 4(1) provides that amendments made by the Bill apply only to acts and omissions that take place after the Bill commences. To provide further clarity, subclause 4(2) provides that if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between two dates; one before the Bill commences and one on or after the day on which the Bill commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the Bill commences. Hence the amendments made by the Bill only apply to offences occurring wholly after the Bill commences.