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Executive business—precedence
Ordered that executive business be called on.
Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2020
Detail stage
Debate resumed from 13 August 2020.
Bill, by leave, taken as a whole.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong—Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Minister for Corrections and Justice Health, Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety and Minister for Mental Health) (11.46): I seek leave to move amendments to this bill that have not been considered by the scrutiny committee together.
Leave granted.
MR RATTENBURY: I move set A, amendments Nos 1 and 2, circulated in my name together, and table a supplementary explanatory statement to the government amendments [see schedule 1 at page 2160]. This set of amendments, group A, is a minor and technical amendment to section 2(2) of the Employment and Workplace Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2020 to change the commencement of sections 105 to 108 from six months after notification to commencement by written notice of the minister. The effect of this would be to allow the minister the flexibility to commence those sections earlier than six months. If no notice is provided, these provisions would, in any case, commence within six months.
Sections 105 to 108 of the Employment and Workplace Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2020 amend the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 to better encourage compliance with health and safety obligations in the workplace.
Amendments agreed to.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong—Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Minister for Corrections and Justice Health, Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety and Minister for Mental Health) (11.47): I move set B, amendments Nos 1 and 2, circulated in my name together, and table a supplementary explanatory statement to the government amendments [see schedule 2 at page 2160].
This set of amendments, group B, are minor but urgent amendments to the Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act. These amendments are required to address a gap that has been identified during implementation planning for the unexplained wealth scheme. The scheme was passed by the Assembly on 23 July 2020 with the Confiscation of Criminal Assets (Unexplained Wealth) Amendment Act 2020, which will commence by ministerial notice.
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