2005

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2005 (No 3)

GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS

SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Presented by
Jon Stanhope MLA
Attorney General
November 2005

JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2005 (No 3)
GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1 

New clause 2 (2A)
Page 2, line 15—
insert
(2A) Schedule 1, part 1.12A (Criminal Code (Administration of Justice Offences) Amendment Act 2005) is taken to have commenced on the day the Criminal Code (Administration of Justice Offences) Amendment Act 2005 commenced.

This amendment provides that part 1.12A, the second amendment which will insert a new part into this JACS Bill, is taken to have commenced on the commencement of the Criminal Code (Administration of Justice Offences) Amendment Act 2005. 

Amendment 2 

Schedule 1, new part 1.12A
Page 19, before line 1—
insert
Part 1.12A Criminal Code (Administration of Justice Offences) Amendment Act 2005
[1.53A] Section 2
substitute
2 Commencement
(1) This Act (other than schedule 1, part 1.8 (Discrimination Act 1991)) commences on the 28th day after its notification day.
(2) Schedule 1, part 1.8 commences on the day the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 commences.

This amendment alters the commencement clause of the Criminal Code (Administration of Justice Offences) Amendment Act 2005. The amendment arises because consequential amendments to the Discrimination Act 1991 in the Criminal Code (Administration of Justice Offences) Amendment Act 2005 were dependent on the commencement of amending provisions in the Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment Act 2005, which is yet to commence. Accordingly, this is a technical amendment to delay the coming into force of the amendments until the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 commences.