SUMMARY OFFENCES (WEAPONS) AMENDMENT BILL

Final Stages

Consideration in committee of the House of Assembly's message.

(Continued from 29 February 2012.)

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I move:

That the council do not insist on its amendments.

As a result of the sheer number of amendments passed in this place this bill is quite different to the original bill that was introduced by the government. As advised in the other place, the government is not of the view that all of the amendments moved in this place will be dismissed out of hand. There is certainly room for negotiation on a number of amendments to the bill. However, given the extent of the amendments and the intricacies involved this is a matter that we believe is best dealt with in a manager's conference.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: I just wanted to clarify that: the minister's remarks seem to anticipate going to deadlock conference, as did the Attorney in the other place, but I understood that she was moving that we not insist on amendments, which I would have thought meant that—

The CHAIR: No; that is the way the minister would do it.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: All right. We look forward to the deadlock conference that both the Attorney and the Leader of the Government have anticipated.

The committee divided on the motion:

Majority of 2 for the noes.

Motion thus negatived.