Phase 2 Commencement of the Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2024

The Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2024 was passed in Parliament on 5 February 2024. 

The Act advances our criminal justice system and contains amendments aimed at:

1. protecting the public by strengthening our levers to tackle crime, including serious sexual crime, and
2. enhancing transparency, fairness and coherence in our criminal court processes.

The amendments will be commenced in phases, and the first phase of amendments came into effect on 31 May 2024. Seven more amendments will come into effect on 1 August 2024. These amendments include enhancements to law enforcement powers, allowing persons accused of relatively minor non-bailable offences to be released on personal bond as an alternative to bail, as well as improvements to the victim compensation regime.

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