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SENTENCING AMENDMENT (ASSAULTS ON OFF-DUTY POLICE) BILL 2017 BILL 53 OF 2017

                                    CLAUSE NOTES

            Sentencing Amendment (Assaults on Off-Duty Police) Bill 2017


Clause 1:    Short title
             Specifies the name of the proposed Act.

Clause 2:    Commencement
             Specifies that the Act commences on the day it receives the Royal Assent.

Clause 3:    Principal Act
             Identifies the principal Act that is being amended as the Sentencing Act 1997.

Clause 4:    Section 16A amended (Mandatory imprisonment for offence causing serious
             bodily harm to police officer)
             Amends section 16A of the principal Act to extend the mandatory sentencing
             provision to offences committed against off-duty police officers that result in
             serious bodily harm, but only where the offence was committed against the off-
             duty police officer solely or partly because the police officer was a police officer.

Clause 5:    Repeal of Act
             Repeals this amendment Act 365 days after it commences.




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