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removing the reference to New South Wales. To continue the convention of referring to the Act's origin is to ignore the ongoing process of reform, whereby the Crimes Act has acquired a distinctive territorial character. Indeed, over the years, the Act has been amended many times by Commonwealth ordinances and more recently by ACT enactments. Consequently, it now bears little resemblance to the New South Wales Act in its current application across the border. I commend the Bill to members of the Legislative Assembly, and I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Humphries) adjourned.
CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.53): Madam Speaker, I present the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Amendment) Bill 1992.
Title read by Clerk.
MR CONNOLLY: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
A Bill in identical terms to the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Amendment) Bill 1992 was introduced during the last sittings of the Legislative Assembly but not passed prior to the Assembly rising for the elections.
This Bill amends the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1983 to clarify the references to the Registrar in that Act. The Magistrates and Coroner's Courts (Registrar) Act 1991 altered the titles of the Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Magistrates and Coroner's Courts to Registrar and Deputy Registrar respectively and made consequential amendments to other Acts, including the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act.
An unintended result is that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act contains two definitions of "Registrar" - one in reference to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, who performs most of the substantive functions under that Act, and the other to the Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the Magistrates Court. Certain references to the Registrar in the Act are, as a consequence, somewhat unclear.
The Bill removes the definitions of "Registrar" in the Act and inserts into the appropriate provisions words which indicate where the Registrar of the Supreme Court is meant and where the Registrar of the Magistrates Court is meant.
I should add that a commonsense reading of the Act as it presently stands should not cause any difficulties with the ongoing consideration of matters under the Act. This is a Bill which makes purely technical amendments in order to cure a defect in the drafting of the Act. I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Humphries) adjourned.
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