1 Short Title and commencement

• (1) This Act may be cited as the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1976, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

  (2) Sections 3, 15 to 17, and 20 of, and the Schedule to, this Act shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council, and different dates may be so appointed for the commencement of any of those sections or that Schedule.

  (3) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, this Act shall come into force on the day on which it receives the Governor-General's assent.

2 Summons following arrest

3 Summary procedure for minor offences

• Section 3(6) was repealed, as from 30 June 1998, by section 6(4) Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 1998 (1998 No 77).

4 Repeal of summary procedure for certain traffic offences

• (1) Section 21 of the principal Act is hereby repealed.

  (2) Section 3 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1969 is hereby consequentially repealed.

  (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, any offence that is being dealt with in accordance with section 21 of the principal Act on the day preceding the day on which this Act receives the Governor-General's assent shall continue to be dealt with in accordance with that section as if subsections (1) and (2) of this section had not been enacted.

5 Power to clear Court and forbid report of proceedings

6 Criminal Records

7 Warrant of commitment under Part 3 of principal Act may be addressed to any constable or bailiff

8 Extension of time to pay

9 Transfer of enforcement to another Court

10 Execution of warrant of seizure

11 Remission of sum adjudged to be paid

12 Right of appeal against sentence for contempt of Court

• Section 12(2) was repealed, as from 3 June 1998, by section 2(b) Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 61).

13 Notice of appeal

14 Transmission of notice of appeal to Supreme Court

15 Plea of guilty before or during preliminary hearing

• [Repealed]

  Section 15: repealed, on 29 June 2009, by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).

16 Committal without consideration of evidence

• [Repealed]

  Section 16: repealed, on 29 June 2009, by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).

17 Written statements

• [Repealed]

  Section 17: repealed, on 29 June 2009, by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).

18 Person may be released on summons on Sunday

19 Amendments to Crimes Act 1961

20 Amendments and repeals consequential upon sections 15 to 17 of this Act

• (1) 

  (2) 

  (3) The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:

  • (a) The Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1963:

  • (b) Section 12(2) of the Crimes Amendment Act 1973.