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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 14 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 4128 ..

Clause 8.

MR STANHOPE (Chief Minister, Attorney-General, Minister for Health, Minister for Community Affairs and Minister for Women) (4.48): I seek leave to move amendments 2 and 3 circulated in my name together.

Leave granted.

MR STANHOPE: I move amendments 2 and 3 [see schedule 3 at page 4186].

The purpose of clause 8 is to ensure that chapter 2 of the code will not apply to offences that are operating before the code comes into force and are not code compliant. Recently, however, a number of code compliant offences have been drafted for various legislation, with the intention that the code will apply to them when it comes into force on 1 January 2003. Amendment 2 will make it clear that the code will apply to those offences, even though they are enacted before 1 January 2003. Amendment 3 will make it clear that the code will apply to any pre-2003 offence that is amended after 1 January 2003, unless the relevant act or regulations provide otherwise.

Amendments agreed to.

Clause 8, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 9 to 22, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 23.

MR STANHOPE (Chief Minister, Attorney-General, Minister for Health, Minister for Community Affairs and Minister for Women) (4.50): I move amendment No 4 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 4186].

Amendments Nos 4 and 5 will not change the effect of the provisions they amend but will assist in the drafting of code complaint offences.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 23, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 24.

MR STANHOPE (Chief Minister, Attorney-General, Minister for Health, Minister for Community Affairs and Minister for Women) (4.50): I move amendment No 5 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 4186].

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 24, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 25 to 27, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

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