House of Assembly: Tuesday, September 26, 2017

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Summary Offences (Interviewing Vulnerable Witnesses) Amendment Bill

Final Stages

The Legislative Council agreed to the bill with the amendment indicated by the following schedule, to which amendment the Legislative Council desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly.

No. 1. Schedule 1, page 3, after line 29—after clause 1 insert:

2—Prescribed interviewer

(1) An interview conducted by a designated person with a potential witness during the transitional period will be taken to be (and always to have been) an interview conducted by a prescribed interviewer for the purposes of section 74EB of the Summary Offences Act 1953.

(2) In this clause—

designated person means a person identified by the Minister for Health by notice in the Gazette as a designated person for the purposes of subclause (1);

transitional period means the period commencing on 1 July 2016 and concluding on 21 August 2017.

Note—

The Statutes Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses) Act 2015 came into operation on 1 July 2016.

Consideration in committee.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I move:

That the Legislative Council's amendment be agreed to.

Motion carried.