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Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2016
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Call for submissions
Submissions for this Inquiry closed on 16 January 2017.
Committee Report
The Committee's report on the Bill was tabled on 21 February 2017. A copy of the Report can be viewed here - Report No 47, 55th Parliament – Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2016.
The second reading debate on the Bill is available here (from page 601).
Inquiry timeline
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Public briefing
The Department of Justice and Attorney-General provided a public briefing to the committee on Wednesday 25 January 2017.
Public hearing
The committee held a public hearing on the Bill on Wednesday 25 January 2017.
Referral
On 30 November 2016 the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Training and Skills, the Hon Yvette D’Ath MP, introduced the Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2016.
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In accordance with Standing Order 131 of the Standing Rules and Orders of the Legislative Assembly, the Bill was referred to the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee (the committee) for detailed consideration. The committee is required to report by Tuesday, 21 February 2017
The Bill
The objectives of the Bill are to:
- ensure that a person who commits murder cannot rely on an unwanted sexual advance as a basis for the partial defence of provocation which, if successfully raised, reduces murder to manslaughter; and
- make a number of miscellaneous criminal law-related amendments, arising from the lapsed Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 and from stakeholder consultation, to improve the operation and delivery of Queensland's criminal and related laws.
Related Publications
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