LIVESTOCK (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT BILL

Final Stages

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

No. 1. Clause 30, page 10, lines 1 to 15—Delete the clause

No. 2. New clause, page 10, after line 15—After clause 30 insert:

30A—Amendment of section 82—Extension of period for prosecution and issue of expiation notice

(1) Section 82(1)—after 'Act' insert:

(other than an expiable offence)

(2) Section 82—after subsection (2) insert:

(3) Proceedings for a prescribed expiable offence against this Act must be commenced within 2 years of the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed and, despite section 6 of the Expiation of Offences Act 1996, an expiation notice for such an offence may be given after the expiry of the period of 6 months from the date on which the offence was alleged to have been committed.

(4) An expiation notice for a prescribed expiable offence against this Act cannot be given after the expiry of the period of 2 years from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.

At 16:55 the council adjourned until Wednesday 30 May 2012 at 14:15.