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The establishment of an independent prosecuting authority is an important element of the machinery of government and therefore I commend this Bill to the Assembly. Mr Speaker, I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Connolly) adjourned.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1990
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (4.14): Mr Speaker, I present the Director of Public Prosecutions (Consequential Provisions) Bill 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
On 1 July 1990 the ACT Government will acquire responsibility for all prosecutions in the ACT. A separate Bill, the Director of Public Prosecutions Bill, has just been introduced to provide legislative support for this function. This consequential provisions Bill will enable prosecutions commenced by the Commonwealth before the new ACT legislation comes into effect to be continued by the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions. It will also amend eight other Acts to remove provisions which require a nominated official, usually the Attorney-General, to consent to prosecutions for offences created in those Acts. These provisions were originally inserted to provide some control over certain summary prosecutions which could be instituted without the direct knowledge of the Government. Since the Director of Public Prosecutions, who acts on behalf of the Crown, has the power to intervene and discontinue inappropriate prosecutions that someone else has started, these consent provisions are superfluous. Mr Speaker, I present the explanatory memorandum for this Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Connolly) adjourned.
PUBLICATIONS CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 [NO. 3]
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (4.16): I present the Publications Control (Amendment) Bill 1990 [No. 3]. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
It is just over one year since the ACT became self-governing, and in that time we have witnessed at least three debates in this Assembly on the matter of restricted publications. The ACT as a community inherited this system from the Commonwealth and has had to address the vexed question of whether to ban X-rated videos. The public
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