Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2011
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Reprint
as at 6 December 2014
Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2011
| Public Act | 2011 No 95 |
| Date of assent | 17 October 2011 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Contents
4 Procedure before ascertaining information from victim [Repealed]
5 Form and verification of information ascertained [Repealed]
6 New section 21A inserted [Repealed]
7 Transitional provision regarding submitting victim impact statement for purpose of sentence indication [Repealed]
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2011.
2 Commencement
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(1) Sections 4 to 7 come into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
(2) The rest of this Act comes into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
(3) Any provision that has not earlier been brought into force comes into force on the day that is 2 years after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.
Section 2(1): sections 4–7 brought into force, on 5 March 2012, by the Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2011 Commencement Order 2011 (SR 2011/416).
Section 2(2): section 8 brought into force, on 1 July 2013, by the Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2011 Commencement Order 2013 (SR 2013/171).
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Victims' Rights Act 2002.
4 Procedure before ascertaining information from victim
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[Repealed]
Section 4: repealed, on 6 December 2014, by section 53 of the Victims’ Rights Act 2002 (2002 No 39).
5 Form and verification of information ascertained
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[Repealed]
Section 5: repealed, on 6 December 2014, by section 53 of the Victims’ Rights Act 2002 (2002 No 39).
6 New section 21A inserted
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[Repealed]
Section 6: repealed, on 6 December 2014, by section 53 of the Victims’ Rights Act 2002 (2002 No 39).
7 Transitional provision regarding submitting victim impact statement for purpose of sentence indication
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[Repealed]
Section 7: repealed, on 6 December 2014, by section 53 of the Victims’ Rights Act 2002 (2002 No 39).
8 Other amendments to principal Act
The principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.
Schedule |
Section 12
Subsection (2)(c): omit “defended hearing, or trial,”
and substitute “trial”
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Subsection (4): omit “the Criminal Justice Act 1985 or any other”
and substitute “any”
.
Section 35(3)(b)
Omit “section 142A(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1985”
and substitute “section 34A(1) of the Corrections Act 2004”
.
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Victims’ Rights Amendment Act 2011 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/
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4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
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Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2011 Commencement Order 2013 (SR 2013/171)
Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2011 Commencement Order 2011 (SR 2011/416)
Victims’ Rights Act 2002 (2002 No 39): section 53
Versions
Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2011
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