Keith Pitt (Hinkler, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I present a further addendum to the explanatory memorandum and a supplementary explanatory memorandum to the bill. I ask leave of the House to move government amendments (1) and (2) together.

Leave granted.

I move government amendments (1) and (2) on sheet KQ126 together:

(1) Schedule 2, item 4, page 4 (lines 15 to 22), omit the item, substitute:

4 Paragraphs 23H(1)(a) and (b)

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

(a) inform the person that a representative of an Aboriginal legal assistance organisation in the State or Territory in which the person is located will be notified that the person is under arrest or is a protected suspect (as the case requires); and

(b) notify such a representative that the person is under arrest or is a protected suspect (as the case requires).

(2) Schedule 2, item 15, page 6 (lines 13 to 19), omit the item, substitute:

15 Paragraphs 23WG(4)(a) and (b)

Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:

(a) inform the suspect that a representative of an Aboriginal legal assistance organisation will be notified that the suspect is to be asked to consent to a forensic procedure; and

(b) notify such a representative that the suspect is to be asked to consent to a forensic procedure.

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