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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Criminal Procedure (Monitoring Orders) Amendment Bill

Second Reading

Adjourned debate on second reading.

(Continued from 29 November 2022.)

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: Sir, it falls upon me to draw your attention to the state of the house.

A quorum having been formed:

Mrs PEARCE (King) (17:15): Under the bill, a person who is subject to a monitoring order must wear or carry the electronic monitoring device supplied by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of the order at all times during fire danger season each year. The maximum penalty for noncompliance of a monitoring order will be $10,000 or imprisonment for two years. An application for retraction or suspension of a monitoring order may occur but only with the permission of the Magistrates Court, and permission is only to be granted if the court is satisfied that there has been a substantial change in the relevant circumstances since the order was made or last suspended.

These steps would help to discourage the behaviour, helping to reduce the risk of reoffending which could cause widespread catastrophic damage to property, interruption to businesses and potential injury and death to multiple people and animals. It is one of the ways we can better protect our amazing communities from devastation caused by bushfire. With that, I commend the bill to the house.

The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services) (17:17): I thank all members for their contribution, particularly the member for Heysen, who spoke personally about the impact that arson and deliberately lighting bushfires has on his community and other Hills' and rural communities. I commend this further passage.

Bill read a second time.

Third Reading

The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services) (17:18): I move:

That this bill be now read a third time.

Bill read a third time and passed.

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