(1) This order may be cited as the Periodic Detention Order 1971.

(2) This order shall come into force on the 10th day of December 1971.

(1) Section 9 and sections 11 to 15 of the Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1962 shall apply with respect to male offenders—

• (a) Who are convicted after the commencement of this order—

  • (i) In the High Court at Hamilton; or

  • (ii) By a Magistrate's Court held at Hamilton or Upper Hutt; or

• (b) Against whom a charge is proved after the commencement of this order in a Children's Court held at Hamilton or Upper Hutt.

(2) Sections 10 to 15 of the said Act shall apply with respect to male offenders in respect of whom a warrant of commitment may be issued after the commencement of this order by a Judge of the High Court at Hamilton or by a Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in a Magistrate's Court held at Hamilton or Upper Hutt in respect of a fine imposed after the 15th day of July 1963.

(1) The Periodic Detention Order 1966¹ is hereby amended by omitting from clauses 2 and 3 the words “Upper Hutt” wherever they appear.

(2) The Periodic Detention Order 1968² is hereby amended by omitting from clauses 4 and 5 the words “or Hamilton” wherever they appear.

Notwithstanding the amendments made by clause 3 of this order, any person who could have been sentenced to periodic detention before the commencement of this order may be sentenced to periodic detention after the commencement of this order as if those amendments had not been made.