Page 1670 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 3 May 2011
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something with a penalty of five years or more. But in this case, as matters are being dealt with summarily, the proposal is that the maximum penalty would be two years for those matters dealt with summarily.
There was a discontinuity. This amendment proposes to exclude those matters from the definition of serious offence so that we do not have the unintended consequence of people being remanded when they normally would be given the option of bail.
MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo) (10.43): The Greens will be supporting this amendment as well, as it updates the definition of serious offence for the purposes of section 9D of the Bail Act, to reflect the new model which will be created by later amendments.
Amendment agreed to.
Part 1.3, amendments 1.7 to 1.9, as amended, agreed to.
Parts 1.4 to 1.7, amendments 1.10 to 1.18, by leave, taken together.
MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (10.44), by leave: I move amendments Nos 5 to 8 circulated in my name together [see schedule 1 at page 1729].
Amendments 1.10 to 1.18 are from schedule 1 to the bill. Again, these amendments anticipate a range of other amendments which I have foreshadowed. Those amendments, if passed, will obviate the need to redefine indictable offences as contemplated in the bill.
MR RATTENBURY (Molonglo) (10.44): The Greens will be supporting these amendments as they remove consequential amendments proposed by the government that have been rendered unnecessary now that the government’s proposal will not be implemented.
Amendments agreed to.
Parts 1.4 to 1.7, amendments 1.10 to 1.18, as amended, agreed to.
Parts 1.8 and 1.9, amendments 1.19 to 1.21, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Part 1.10, amendments 1.22 to 1.26, by leave, taken together.
MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (10.46): I move amendment No 9 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1730].
This amendment omits amendments 122 to 126 from schedule 1 to the bill, relating to the Crimes Act, and inserts a new section 374 which sets out the substantive elements of the Canberra Liberals’ approach which I outlined earlier. I note that during discussions we were talking about a new clause 375AA, but the ever-vigilant drafters pointed out yesterday that clause 374 had fortuitously been deleted some time previously; therefore we did not have to have AA numbering and we could go back to
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