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HE SAID IT WOULD ALSO CEASE TO HAVE EFFECT IN THE EVENT OF A FURTHER SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT BEING ORDERED AGAINST THE SAME PERSON. THE PRISONER WOULD THEN BE LIABLE TO BE REIMPRISONED FOR THE FULL REMAINDER OF HIS SENTENCE FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE, BUT WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY TO THE BOARD FOR A REVIEW OF HIS CASE.
MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE SCHEME WOULD BE PROCEEDED CAUTIOUSLY. IT WAS EXPECTED THAT NOT MORE THAN 100 PRISONERS, OR FIVE PER CENT OF THOSE ELIGIBLE MIGHT INITIALLY BE RELEASED UNDER SUPERVISION.
HE ADDED THAT A COMPRESHENSIVE REVIEW WOULD BE CARRIED OUT THREE YEARS AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OR EARLIER IF NECESSARY AND, A REPORT ON THE BOARD'S WORK WOULD BE TABLED ANNUALLY.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
BILL TO UPDATE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE BUILDINGS AMENDMENT BILL UPDATED THE BUILDING ORDINANCE ΤΟ ACHIEVE GREATER EFFICIENCY IN ITS APPLICATION.
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR BARNES SAID THE AUTHORIZED PERSONS AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS REGISTRATION COMMITTEE COMPRISED THREE GOVERNMENT AND SIX NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS.
A QUORUM FOR THE COMMITTEE REQUIRED SIX MEMBERS, INCLUDING ALL THREE GOVERNMENT MEMBERS.
THIS HAD CREATED PROBLEMS THROUGH RENDERED SCHEDULED MEETINGS AND PRE-ARRANGED ABORTIVE.
INDISPOSITION AND HAD PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEWS
THE BILL MODIFIED THE ORDINANCE 30 THAT THE QUORUM ONLY REQUIRED TWO GOVERNMENT MEMBERS AND WAS REDUCED TO FIVE.
MR BARNES SAID ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RIGHT OF APPEAL AGAINST DECISIONS OF THE AUTHORIZED PERSONS AND REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS REGISTRATION COMMITTEE A SIMILAR RIGHT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR DEFERRALS AND AS DEFERRALS COULD BE IMPOSED REPEATEDLY UNFAIR.
THIS WAS
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