Western Australia

COVID-19 Response Legislation Amendment (Extension of Expiring Provisions) Act 2022

Western Australia

COVID-19 Response Legislation Amendment (Extension of Expiring Provisions) Act 2022

Contents

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Short title2

2.Commencement2

Part 2 — The Criminal Code amended

3.Act amended3

4.Section 318 amended3

5.Section 338B amended3

Part 3 — Criminal Code Amendment (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020 amended

6.Act amended4

7.Section 2 amended4

Part 4 — Emergency Management Amendment (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020 amended

8.Act amended5

9.Section 2 amended5

Western Australia

COVID‑19 Response Legislation Amendment (Extension of Expiring Provisions) Act 2022

No. 15 of 2022

An Act to amend the following to extend the operation of provisions relating to the COVID‑19 pandemic —

·The Criminal Code;

·the Criminal Code Amendment (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020;

·the Emergency Management Amendment (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020.

[Assented to 27 May 2022]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Short title

This is the COVID‑19 Response Legislation Amendment (Extension of Expiring Provisions) Act 2022.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation as follows —

(a)Part 1 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

(b)the rest of the Act — on the day after that day.

Part 2 — The Criminal Code amended

3.Act amended

This Part amends The Criminal Code.

4.Section 318 amended

In section 318(1A) delete the passage that begins with “period” and ends with “operation,” and insert:

period beginning on 4 April 2020 and ending at the close of 3 January 2023,

5.Section 338B amended

In section 338B(2) delete the passage that begins with “period” and ends with “operation,” and insert:

period beginning on 4 April 2020 and ending at the close of 3 January 2023,

Part 3 — Criminal Code Amendment (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020 amended

6.Act amended

This Part amends the Criminal Code Amendment (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020.

7.Section 2 amended

In section 2(b) delete “4 July 2022;” and insert:

4 January 2023;

Part 4 — Emergency Management Amendment (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020 amended

8.Act amended

This Part amends the Emergency Management Amendment (COVID‑19 Response) Act 2020.

9.Section 2 amended

In section 2(c) delete “4 July 2022;” and insert:

4 January 2023;

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