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unless the other person establishes that reasonable precautions were taken and due diligence was exercised to avoid the conduct by the supplier or dealer.
Offences may be technically complete all the time in this society. It then takes a step by the police or responsible authority to pursue them, for formal complaints to be laid and for the court to reach a finding in that regard. Those processes, in our legal system, in our democracy, would screen out the type of capricious result that Mr Stevenson is fearful of.
Clause agreed to.
Remainder of Bill, by leave, taken as a whole, and agreed to.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
PLANNING LEGISLATION - JOINT COMMITTEE
MR COLLAERY (Deputy Chief Minister) (5.42), by leave: I move:
That -
(1) the draft planning and land use legislation and related legislation and regulations, be referred to the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment and the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure for joint consideration and report to the Assembly;
(2) the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment and the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure shall meet, deliberate and report jointly and not individually, and only on the matters in paragraph (1) of this resolution;
(3) before proceeding to other business, the Members present shall elect a Presiding Member and a Deputy Presiding Member;
(4) a quorum for joint meetings of the committees for the purpose of this resolution shall be four of the members and include at least one member of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure;
(5) joint minutes of proceedings on this inquiry shall be recorded for all joint meetings of the Committee;
(6) except where provided in this resolution, the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly shall govern the conduct of business of joint meetings of the committees;
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