CRIMINAL LAW (CLAMPING, IMPOUNDING AND FORFEITURE OF VEHICLES) (PRESCRIBED OFFENCES) BILL

Introduction and First Reading

Mr HANNA (Mitchell) (10:33): Obtained leave and introduced a bill for an act to amend the Criminal Law (Clamping, Impounding and Forfeiture of Vehicles) Act 2007. Read a first time.

Second Reading

Mr HANNA (Mitchell) (10:33): I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

This bill is identical to a bill I have previously introduced. The concept is very simple. In the government legislation brought into this place about two years ago, the government set out a series of offences for which wheel clamping could be applied as a penalty. I seek to extend that to include trespass on private property with a vehicle.

I have a particular property in mind, and that is the Sheidow land around the Field River in my electorate, where motorbikes and four wheel drive vehicles occasionally go and trash the environment, which dates back to pre-colonial times. So it is a serious offence and is having an impact in my electorate. It is an appropriate penalty for this sort of offending. For any further information, I simply refer to the legislation which I introduced in March 2008, but I think the basic principle is very clear. I commend the bill to the house.

Debate adjourned on motion of Mrs Geraghty.