15th Jun 2020, 7:48 PM – Senate Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Mandatory minimum sentences

The same number of senators voted for and against amendments (2) and (5) to (7), which means they failed. They were introduced by Tasmanian Senator Nick McKim (Greens), who explained that:

The effect of those amendments would be that the mandatory sentencing provisions in this legislation would be deleted.

Motion text

(2) Clause 2, pages 2 and 3 (table items 7 to 9), omit the table items.

[minimum sentences]

(5) Schedule 7, item 4, page 34 (lines 9 and 10), omit "described in column 1 of an item in the table in section 16AAA", substitute "covered by subsection (9)".

[bail]

(6) Schedule 7, item 4, page 34 (lines 11 and 12), omit "described in column 1 of an item in the table in subsection 16AAB(2)", substitute "covered by subsection (10)".

[bail]

(7) Schedule 7, item 4, page 36 (after line 16), at the end of section 15AAA, add:

(9) This subsection covers offences against provisions of the Criminal Code listed in the following table: [see Hansard for the table]

(10) This subsection covers offences against provisions of the Criminal Code listed in the following table: [see Hansard for the table]