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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 14 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 4141 ..
MR STANHOPE (continuing):
The scrutiny of bills committee has made the point that it is undesirable to employ the term "really serious injury"without definition. The government agrees, and accordingly this amendment will replace the term "really serious injury"in clause 42 (3) (a) with the term "serious harm".
Amendments 16 and 17 also seek to insert a definition of harm and serious harm in the dictionary, which accords with the definition of those terms recommended by the Model Criminal Code Officers Committee in chapter 5 of its report on fatal and non-fatal offences.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 42, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 43 to 57, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 58.
MR STANHOPE (Chief Minister, Attorney-General, Minister for Health, Minister for Community Affairs and Minister for Women) (5.41): Mr Deputy Speaker, I move amendment number 8 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 4186].
Both amendments 8 and 9 seek to insert examples to assist the reader in understanding subclause 58 (3) and paragraph (b) of clause 59.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 58, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 59.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Stanhope, I think you have spoken to your amendment No 9.
MR STANHOPE (Chief Minister, Attorney-General, Minister for Health, Minister for Community Affairs and Minister for Women) (5.39): I have. Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I move amendment No 9 [see schedule 3 at page 4186].
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 59, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 60 to 67, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
MR SPEAKER: I advise members that there are no clauses 68 to 99 due to the drafting style of this bill. It is intended that the code will be enacted in chapters.
Clauses 100 to 105, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
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