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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (30 August) . . Page.. 2697 ..
Question put:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
The Assembly voted-
Ayes, 9 Noes, 8 Mr Berry Ms Carnell Mr Corbell Mr Cornwell Mr Hargreaves Mr Hird Mr Kaine Mr Humphries Mr Osborne Mr Moore Mr Quinlan Mr Rugendyke Mr Stanhope Mr Smyth Ms Tucker Mr Stefaniak Mr Wood
Question so resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (6.18): Mr Speaker, the government will support this bill. It is legislation which further clarifies the arrangements with respect to disclosure of the law to those who are in a position to purchase knives so that young people in particular understand clearly what they are and are not entitled to do with respect to knives. It is also the case that sellers of knives will have a better understanding of what they may be in a position to be able to do or not do by virtue of that signage being up at points of sale.
I think that it is important for people to understand where the law positions them. We now have clear signage available and regularly used for the point of sale of tobacco products and I think that it is appropriate to make sure that similar signage is available for knives as well; so the government commends this amendment. The bill sets out the requirements for the dimensions of the sign and the size and type of lettering of the sign. Proposed new section 497 would supplement section 496 of the Crimes Act, which prohibits a person selling a knife to an underage person.
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