Status
Passed and Assented to
Introduction print – Bill
Introduction print – Explanatory Memorandum
First House: Legislative Assembly
First readingAssembly
- Introduced by Hon J Powell
- First reading passed
- 19/06/2012
Second readingAssembly
- Second reading moved
- 20/06/2012
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Under the Government Business Program agreed to by the House 14/08/2012, debate on this bill must be completed by 4:00pm on Thursday 16/08/2012. Debate resumed 15/08/2012 and the Opposition (Mr Wynne) circulated amendments..
- Amendments circulated
- Second reading passed
- 16/08/2012
The Assembly did not amend the bill.
Third readingAssembly
- Third reading moved
- 16/08/2012
- Third reading passed
- 16/08/2012
Second House: Legislative Council
First readingCouncil
- Introduced by Hon M Guy
- First reading passed
- 16/08/2012
Second readingCouncil
- Second reading moved
- 16/08/2012
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Debate resumed and Mr Tee circulated amendments on 11/10/2012.
- Amendments circulated
- Second reading passed
- 11/10/2012
The following motions of Ms Hartland were defeated: (a) to refer the Bill to the Legal and Social Issues References Committee; and (b) contingent on the Bill being committed to a Committee of the whole, instructing the Committee that they have the power to consider certain ame ndments.
Committee of the wholeCouncil
- Date committed
- 11/10/2012
- Amendments were circulated by Mr Guy and Ms Hartland on 11/10/2012 (Ms Hartland's amendment nos. 1, 2 and 4 were not considered as the instruction to Committee was defeated).
- Amendments circulated
- Guy 111012.docx(opens in a new window)Guy 111012.pdf(opens in a new window)Hartland 111012.docx(opens in a new window)Hartland 111012.pdf(opens in a new window)
The amendments proposed by Mr Guy were agreed to 11/10/2012.
- Committee of the whole completed - Bill amended
- 11/10/2012
Third readingCouncil
- Third reading moved
- 11/10/2012
- Third reading passed
- 11/10/2012
Dealing with Council amendments
- Dealing with Council amendments
- Under the Government Business Program agreed to by the Assembly 23/10/2012, debate on the amendments must be completed by 4.30 pm on Thursday 25/10/2012. The Legislative Assembly agreed to the Council's amendments on 24/10/2012.
Royal Assent
- Royal Assent given
- 30/10/2012
- Act number 63/2012