Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Bill 2017

An Act to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 1986, the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 and other Acts with respect to committal proceedings and sentencing discounts for guilty pleas; and for other purposes.

Key details

Type:
Government
Origin:
Legislative Assembly
Status:
Assented on Tue 24 October 2017
Member with carriage:
Mr Mark Speakman (The Hon. Don Harwin)
Gazette publication:
Government Gazette No. 119, 27/10/2017, p. 6574
Act number:
55 of 2017
Cognate with main bill:
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options) Bill 2017

Documents

Statements of public interest tabled in the Legislative Council can be found under 'Bill Attachments'.

Hansard

Hansard includes speeches and debates on the Bill in both Houses.

Amendments

Members can lodge amendments to Bills that are considered in their House. If a House is not listed, no amendments were lodged by members in that House. Amendments that are agreed to in one House are sent to the other House for agreement.

Legislative Council

Progress

The tables below show the progress of the Bill through both Houses, including information on assent. If a House is not listed, the Bill did not pass the originating House.

Legislative Assembly

Initially introduced in the Legislative Assembly

Introduced by Mr Mark Speakman
Notice of Motion Tue 10 October 2017
Introduced Wed 11 October 2017
First Reading Wed 11 October 2017
2R Speech Wed 11 October 2017
Second Reading Tue 17 October 2017
Third Reading Tue 17 October 2017
Passed w'out amdt Tue 17 October 2017
Legislative Council
Introduced by The Hon. Don Harwin
Introduced Tue 17 October 2017
First Reading Tue 17 October 2017
2R Speech Wed 18 October 2017
Second Reading Wed 18 October 2017
Date Committed Wed 18 October 2017
Reported w'out amdt Wed 18 October 2017
Report Adopted Wed 18 October 2017
Third Reading Wed 18 October 2017
Passed w'out amdt Wed 18 October 2017
Returned to LA Wed 18 October 2017
Assent information
Passed parliament Wed 18 October 2017
LA sent to governor Fri 20 October 2017
Assented Tue 24 October 2017

Legislation review digest

See Legislation Review Digest No.16 of 2017 for an examination of this Bill by the Legislation Review Committee.

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