Page 1712 - Week 06 - Thursday, 13 August 1992

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Question put:

That the amendments (Mr Lamont's) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 9 NOES, 8

Mr Berry Mrs Carnell
Mr Connolly Mr Cornwell
Ms Ellis Mr De Domenico
Ms Follett Mr Humphries
Mrs Grassby Mr Kaine
Mr Lamont Mr Stevenson
Ms McRae Ms Szuty
Mr Moore Mr Westende
Mr Wood

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 56 to 58, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.

Clause 59

MR WESTENDE (6.06): Madam Speaker, I move:

Page 25, subclause (1), line 27, omit "$10,000 or imprisonment for 1 year, or both", substitute "$5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both".

Here again we have some inconsistencies. Clause 59 deals with traps. It reads:

A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, set a steel-jawed trap or a prohibited trap to catch an animal.

For that you want a fine of $10,000 or one year's imprisonment, or both. But you can have a trap for display. Who is to determine whether that trap is for display, or even on display, and cannot be used for trapping?

Mr Connolly: Defender of the steel-jawed trap. This is pathetic!

MR WESTENDE: Madam Speaker, those remarks do not receive a reply. They are not worthy of it. It is genuinely a cause of concern amongst some people that they could have a trap on display but be accused of using it for trapping. It is a very fine line to determine whether it is on display or whether it is used for trapping. We believe that it would be reasonable to halve the fine. Apparently the other side is not interested in listening to this, so I rest my case.

MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (6.08): Madam Speaker, let me allay the concerns of Mr Westende. Indeed, Mr Berry raised the same question when our party was discussing this. He said that he had a good - - -

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