Statutes Amendment (South Eastern Freeway Offences) Bill

Final Stages

Consideration in committee of message No. 168 from the House of Assembly.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: I move:

That the House of Assembly's amendments be agreed to.

This was something that was discovered yesterday, after we had already passed the bill to go on to the House of Assembly, and it relates to transitional provisions. In effect, there seems to have been an anomaly where somebody had been caught and a fine imposed, and if they waited until after the assent of the bill the offender may not have been subject to any of the penalties. So this is actually shoring up a loophole that had been discovered. I am certainly supporting it.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: We are absolutely supporting these new amendments.

Motion carried.