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show to the general community that it is vigorously pursuing these major corporate offences that there will be widespread greater respect for law and order. Nothing is more insidious and more damaging to public confidence in the law than the public perception that major corporate offenders are beyond the reach of the law. That is an area where in the future this Territory may have to use this mechanism, but one would hope that that day is some time off.
In welcoming the general opposition support for this legislation, I should foreshadow that I will be moving two amendments which have been circulated. These amendments merely pick up two minor typographical errors in the original print of the Bill. They were picked up by the Scrutiny of Bills Committee, with its typical eagle eye, in its report No. 15 of 17 September 1991. I will be moving in due course amendments to clauses 3 and 21 to pick up those minor typographical problems. I thank the Assembly for its general support for the principle of the legislation.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail Stage
Clauses 1 and 2, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clause 3
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (9.27): I move:
Page 2, line 15, subclause (1) - definition of "special function", omit "5(4)", substitute "5(5)".
This amendment is intended to pick up the Bills committee recommendation. There is an obvious typographical error that was picked up. The reference in the legislation to subclause 5(4) should be to subclause 5(5), for the reasons set out in the committee's report No. 15. I commend that amendment to the house.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 4 and 5, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
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