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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 12 Hansard (18 November) . . Page.. 4264 ..

MS GALLAGHER (continuing):

during the drafting process. Government has moved quickly to draft amendments to the bill to remove the penalty of imprisonment attached to these offences.

MS TUCKER (8.21): The Greens will be supporting Ms Gallagher's amendment. It is basically addressing the problems identified by the scrutiny of bills committee. Imprisonment is an option for some strict liability offences and that should not be the case. We should not deny someone's liberty without being required to establish fault elements of the offence.

MR PRATT (8.22): Mr Speaker, as stated earlier, we will be supporting Ms Gallagher's amendment, for the reasons that I outlined: there needs to be a mechanism in place that does hold people accountable.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment 2.38, as amended, agreed to.

Amendments 2.39 to 2.40, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Amendment 2.41.

MS GALLAGHER (Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services, Minister for Women and Minister for Industrial Relations) (8.23): I move amendment No 2 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 4276].

This is dealing with the same matter that my first amendment was, and that is to remove the term of imprisonment within the strict liability offence in this clause.

MR PRATT (8.23): Mr Speaker, we do support the government's amendment.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment 2.41, as amended, agreed to.

Amendment 2.42.

MS GALLAGHER (Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services, Minister for Women and Minister for Industrial Relations) (8.24): I move amendment No 3 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 4276].

This is just a technical adjustment to the bill, renumbering sections.

MR PRATT (8.24): Mr Speaker the opposition supports the amendment.

MS DUNDAS (8.24): I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 4276].

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