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Legislation due to commence

Thu Jun 26 2008

The Summary Offences and Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Laser Pointers) Act 2008 will commence on 27 June 2008. The Drug Court Amendment Regulation 2008 will commence on 30 June 2008.

Summary Offences and Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Laser Pointers) Act 2008

The objects of the Act are:

(a) to create an offence (maximum penalty $5,500 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both) of possessing or using, without reasonable excuse, a laser pointer in a public place, and

(b) to include laser pointers as dangerous implements within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, and to give a police officer the power to frisk search a person in a public place if the police officer reasonably suspects the person has a laser pointer in his or her custody.

Drug Court Amendment Regulation 2008

The object of the Regulation is to amend the Drug Court Regulation 2005 by prescribing Hornsby Local Court as a court that may refer an eligible person to the Drug Court, and to amend a reference to section 8AA(1) of the Drug Court Act 1998, which has been repealed and replaced by section 7(1).

The Regulation is made under the Drug Court Act 1998, including sections 6(1), 7(1) and 32 (the general regulation-making power).

26 June 2008

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