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(1)Section 398A applies to any trial, committal proceeding or hearing of a charge for an offence that commences on or after 1 January 1998, irrespective of when the offence to which the trial, committal proceeding or hearing relates is alleged to have been committed.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)a trial commences on arraignment of the accused in accordance with Subdivision (12) of Division 1 of Part III; and
(b)a committal proceeding commences on the committal mention date; and
(c)a hearing of a charge for an offence commences on the taking of a formal plea from the accused.