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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 3 Hansard (28 May) . . Page.. 698 ..
MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General, Minister for Justice and Community Safety and Minister Assisting the Treasurer) (11.22): Mr Speaker, I present the Bail (Amendment) Bill 1998.
Title read by Clerk.
MR HUMPHRIES: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
This Bill is required as a consequence of the amendment made to the definition of "domestic violence offence" in the Domestic Violence Act 1986, as modified by the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill within this package. Clause 4 of the Bill amends the definition of "domestic violence offence" in the Bail Act 1992 so that the terms are used consistently in both the Domestic Violence Act and this Act. I commend the Bill to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Mr Stanhope) adjourned.
(AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General, Minister for Justice and Community Safety and Minister Assisting the Treasurer) (11.23): Mr Speaker, I present the Protection Orders (Reciprocal Arrangements) (Amendment) Bill 1998, together with its explanatory memorandum.
Title read by Clerk.
MR HUMPHRIES: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
This Bill is in the same terms as the Bill I introduced in the Assembly last year. The Bill amends the Protection Orders (Reciprocal Arrangements) Act 1992 to allow for the registration and enforcement of protection orders made in New Zealand. It does not derive from the recommendations of the ACT Community Law Reform Committee, as do the other amendments to the Domestic Violence Act and the Magistrates Court Act introduced today. The Government has decided to take the opportunity to include it as part of this package, nonetheless. In keeping with the other reform initiatives in this legislation package, this Bill extends the scope of protection afforded to victims of domestic violence in the Territory.
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