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Since my colleague, Mr Duby, went to Perth a considerable amount of work has been put into the preparation of this new regime. It does require the police to have a new traffic infringement notice scheme. They have moved very quickly on that. They have been very helpful since the Government made its decision. I take this opportunity to thank our community-based Australian Federal Police officers. I thank the officers of Mr Duby's department who have had, in any sense, the main carriage of the oversight of this Act, though it lies within the Attorney's realm of responsibility. I also thank my colleague, Mr Duby, for wholeheartedly supporting these measures and pressing the issues through Government processes so that we could get the Bill up today.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail Stage
Clauses 1 to 7, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clause 8
Amendment (by Mr Collaery) agreed to:
Page 3, proposed definition of "traffic infringer", paragraph (a), line 24, omit "26A(e)", substitute "26A(f)".
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Remainder of Bill, by leave, taken as a whole, and agreed to.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
MAGISTRATES COURT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
Debate resumed from 11 December 1990, on motion by Mr Collaery:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR CONNOLLY (11.11): This is another Bill in relation to which the Opposition fully and wholeheartedly supports the Government. I expect that the debate this evening will be fairly short. However, the brevity of the debate should not mask the significance of the amendments. The domestic violence legislation now in place in this Territory was a significant area of law reform in which the Australian Capital Territory led the way in Australia. Law reformers and legislatures in other States in Australia are paying
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