Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Again, I will in a more general sense say that the overarching discretion of the court under proposed section 319(1) preserves the court's rights of overarching discretion and that is in a very lay sense—even I can understand that. I think that deals with this. The amendments clarify that proceedings under the act may only be stayed where the granting of a stay is the only means of addressing the circumstances—that is, potentially the prejudice that may result from a concurrent or subsequent criminal trial.