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(1)This Act, as amended by section 20 of the Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996 applies to a proceeding for an offence that is commenced after the commencement of section 20 of the Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996, irrespective of when the offence was committed.
(2)In sentencing an offender in such a proceeding, the amendment made by section 20 of the Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996 applies for the purposes of the definition of serious sexual offender in section 3(1) of this Act (as in force on the commencement of section 20 of the Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996) irrespective of when the conviction for an offence against section 47 of the Crimes Act 1958 was recorded.
(3)The re-enactment by this section of section 21 of the Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996 does not affect the operation of any Act enacted after the Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1996.