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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2010-10-26" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Expiation Notice Refunds</name>
      <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000184">
        <heading>EXPIATION NOTICE REFUNDS</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2010-06-01" qonNum="7">
            <name>EXPIATION NOTICE REFUNDS</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000185">7 <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett)</by> (1 June 2010).  For each year since 2005—</text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000186">(a)&amp;#x9;how many expiation notices have been withdrawn pursuant to Section 16(1)(ac) of the Expiation of Offences Act as a result of a 'clerical error';</text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000187">(b)&amp;#x9;how many expiation refunds were issued as a result of a 'clerical error'; and</text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000188">(c)&amp;#x9;how much was refunded in each year?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="636" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Police</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Emergency Services</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2010-06-01" qonNum="7">
            <name>EXPIATION NOTICE REFUNDS</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000189">
          <by role="member" id="636">The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT (Lee—Minister for Police, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing):</by>  The Commissioner of Police has provided me with the following information:</text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000190">(a)&amp;#x9;For the years 2005-09, 13,266 expiation notices have been withdrawn as a result of 'clerical error'.</text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000191">
          <table>
            <row>
              <cell>2005</cell>
              <cell>1,997</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>2006</cell>
              <cell>1,981</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>2007</cell>
              <cell>2,699</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>2008</cell>
              <cell>2,485</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>2009</cell>
              <cell>4,104</cell>
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000192" />
        <page num="1655" />
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000193">(b)&amp;#x9;494 refunds were issued as a result of 'clerical error' since 2005.</text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000194">(c)&amp;#x9;Refunds on a year by year basis are:</text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000195">
          <table>
            <row>
              <cell>2005</cell>
              <cell>11 notices refunded (total $2,468)</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>2006</cell>
              <cell>15 notices refunded (total $3,783)</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>2007</cell>
              <cell>132 notices refunded (total $3,0415)</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>2008</cell>
              <cell>61 notices refunded (total $15,816)</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>2009</cell>
              <cell>275 notices refunded (total $80,864)</cell>
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
        <text id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000196" />
        <text continued="true" id="20101026ae3c68c1a7fb4e31b0000197">The difference between the number of notices withdrawn and refunds issued is due to the withdrawn notices either being reissued or withdrawn prior to payment being received.</text>
      </talker>
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