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Minister's second
reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 3 June 2004
Legislative Council: 15 September 2004
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to require certain offenders
who commit sexual offences to keep police informed of their whereabouts and
other personal details for a period of time and thereby reduce the likelihood
that they will re‑offend and facilitate the investigation and prosecution
of any future offences that they may commit, to prevent registered sex offenders
working in child-related employment, to amend the Ombudsman Act 1973 and
for other purposes."
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which
provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by
the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or
clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of
the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or
clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the
following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001
form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1
January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that
Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule;
sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or
after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes
inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on
or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January
2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was
passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms
part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether
inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers
include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See
section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13
October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to
be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another
legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at
the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items
will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section
36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other
material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
[1] Sch. 2 item 28A: The
amendment proposed by section 8(2) (repealed) of the Justice
Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Act 2022,
No. 37/2022 is not included in this publication as there is no item
28A(ivc) in Schedule 2.
"(ivd) section 474.25C (using a carriage service to prepare or plan to
cause harm to, engage in sexual activity with, or procure for sexual activity,
persons under 16) except if the offence does not involve an act in preparing or
planning to engage in sexual activity with a person under 16 years of age or an
act in preparing or planning to procure a person under 16 years of age to engage
in sexual activity;".
