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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 13 Hansard (4 December) . . Page.. 4538 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (10.48): Mr Speaker, I present the Remand Centres (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1997, together with its explanatory memorandum.

Title read by Clerk.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I move:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

I seek leave to incorporate my presentation speech in Hansard.

Leave not granted.

MR HUMPHRIES: Okay. Mr Speaker, the Remand Centres (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1997 amends the Remand Centres Act to enable fine defaulters to serve out their period of imprisonment in respect of fine default at a remand centre. Section 15 of the principal Act sets out the categories of persons who may be detained in a remand centre. The amendment made by this Bill enables persons committed to imprisonment on default of payment of a fine under the new scheme to serve that period of imprisonment at a remand centre. This is intended to provide some flexibility to ACT Corrective Services when determining where a fine defaulter will serve the period of imprisonment required under the new legislation.

It is not contemplated that persons liable to undergo a lengthy period of imprisonment in default of payment of a fine will be detained at a remand centre. It is more likely that such persons will go to prison in New South Wales, as is presently the case. However, where a person has to serve only a few days in respect of a fine, it is considered appropriate to facilitate that imprisonment being served in a remand centre in the ACT.

Debate (on motion by Mr Wood) adjourned.

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (10.50): Mr Speaker, I present the Crimes (Amendment) Bill (No. 7) of 1997, together with its explanatory memorandum.

Title read by Clerk.

MR HUMPHRIES: I move:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

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