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NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY (STATE PROVISIONS) AMENDMENT BILL 2002

                       Western Australia


National Crime Authority (State Provisions)
          Amendment Bill 2002

                         CONTENTS


      Part 1 -- Preliminary
1.    Short title                                   2
2.    Commencement                                  2
3.    The Act amended                               2
      Part 2 -- Amendments relating to
           reasonable excuse,
           self-incrimination and increases in
           penalties
4.    Section 18 amended                            3
5.    Section 19 amended                            4
6.    Section 21 repealed and a saving provision    5
7.    Section 25 replaced                           7
      Part 3 -- Amendments relating to
           people who may apply for, or issue,
           search warrants
8.    Section 12 amended                            8
9.    Section 13 amended                           10
      Part 4 -- Amendments relating to use of
           reasonable force to execute
           warrants
10.   Section 12 amended                           11
11.   Section 20 amended                           11


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Contents



           Part 5 -- Amendments relating to
                hearing officers
   12.     Section 15 inserted                                    12
   13.     Section 16 amended                                     12
   14.     Section 16A inserted                                   12
   15.     Section 17 amended                                     16
   16.     Section 18 amended                                     17
   17.     Section 18B amended                                    17
   18.     Section 19 amended                                     18
   19.     Section 20 amended                                     18
   20.     Section 23 amended                                     19
   21.     Section 24 amended                                     19
   22.     Section 29 amended                                     19
   23.     Section 31 amended                                     19
           Part 6 -- Amendments relating to
                references to the Chairman or
                Chairperson of the Authority
   24.     Section 16 amended                                     21
   25.     Section 17 amended                                     21
   26.     Section 27 amended                                     21
   27.     Anti-Corruption Commission Act 1988 amended            21
   28.     Surveillance Devices Act 1998 amended                  21
   29.     Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996
           amended                                                22
           Part 7 -- Other amendments
   30.     Section 6 amended                                      23
   31.     Section 16 amended                                     23
   32.     Section 18B amended                                    23
   33.     Section 23 amended                                     24




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                           Western Australia


                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



   National Crime Authority (State Provisions)
             Amendment Bill 2002


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the National Crime Authority (State Provisions)
Act 1985 so that it more closely reflects the National Crime
Authority Act 1984 of the Commonwealth, and for other
purposes.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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                              Part 1 -- Preliminary
     1.         Short title
                This Act may be cited as the National Crime Authority (State
                Provisions) Amendment Act 2002.

5    2.         Commencement
          (1)   This Act comes into operation on a day to be fixed by
                proclamation.
          (2)   Different days may be fixed under subsection (1) for different
                provisions.

10   3.         The Act amended
                The amendments in this Act are to the National Crime Authority
                (State Provisions) Act 1985* unless otherwise indicated.
                [* Act No. 4 of 1985.
                   For subsequent amendments see 2000 Index to Legislation of
15                 Western Australia, Table 1, p. 306, and Act No. 32 of 2001.]




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      Part 2 -- Amendments relating to reasonable excuse,
          self-incrimination and increases in penalties
     4.       Section 18 amended
              Section 18(3) to (5) are repealed and the following subsections
5             are inserted instead --
          "
              (3)   A person shall not refuse or fail to comply with a
                    notice served on the person under this section.
              (4)   A person who contravenes subsection (3) is guilty of a
10                  crime and, subject to this section, is punishable, upon
                    conviction, by a fine not exceeding $20 000 or by
                    imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years.
              (5)   Notwithstanding that an offence against subsection (3)
                    is a crime, a court of summary jurisdiction may hear
15                  and determine proceedings in respect of such an
                    offence if the court is satisfied that it is proper to do so
                    and the defendant and the prosecutor consent.
              (6)   Where, in accordance with subsection (5), a court of
                    summary jurisdiction convicts a person of an offence
20                  against subsection (3), the penalty that the court may
                    impose is a fine not exceeding $2 000 or imprisonment
                    for a period not exceeding one year.
              (7)   The provisions of section 19(3), (4), (5) and (9) apply
                    in relation to a person who is required to produce a
25                  document or thing by a notice served on the person
                    under this section in the same manner as they apply in
                    relation to a person who is required to produce a
                    document or thing at a hearing before the Authority or
                    a hearing officer.
30                                                                                  ".



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     5.             Section 19 amended
          (1)       Section 19(1) and (2) are amended by deleting ", without
                    reasonable excuse".
          (2)       Section 19(4) to (13) are repealed and the following subsections
5                   are inserted instead --
                "
                    (4)   Subsection (5) limits the use that can be made of any
                          answers given at a hearing before the Authority or a
                          hearing officer, or documents or things produced at a
10                        hearing before the Authority or a hearing officer. That
                          subsection only applies if --
                            (a) a person appearing as a witness at a hearing
                                 before the Authority or a hearing officer --
                                    (i) answers a question that the person is
15                                        required to answer by the member
                                          presiding at the hearing or the hearing
                                          officer who is holding the hearing; or
                                   (ii) produces a document or thing that the
                                          person was required to produce by a
20                                        summons under this Act served as
                                          prescribed;
                                 and
                            (b) in the case of the production of a document that
                                 is, or forms part of, a record of an existing or
25                               past business -- the document sets out details
                                 of earnings received by the person in respect of
                                 the person's employment and does not set out
                                 any other information; and
                            (c) before answering the question or producing the
30                               document or thing, the person claims that the
                                 answer, or the production of the document or
                                 thing, might tend to incriminate the person or
                                 make the person liable to a penalty.


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                (5)   The answer, or the document or thing, is not admissible
                      in evidence against the person in --
                        (a) a criminal proceeding; or
                        (b) a proceeding for the imposition of a penalty,
5                     other than a proceeding in respect of --
                        (c) in the case of an answer -- the falsity of the
                              answer; or
                        (d) in the case of the production of a document --
                              the falsity of any statement contained in the
10                            document.
                (6)   A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) is
                      guilty of a crime that, subject to this section, is
                      publishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding
                      $20 000 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding
15                    5 years.
                (7)   Notwithstanding that an offence against subsection (1),
                      (2) or (3) is a crime, a court of summary jurisdiction
                      may hear and determine proceedings in respect of such
                      an offence if the court is satisfied that it is proper to do
20                    so and the defendant and the prosecutor consent.
                (8)   Where, in accordance with subsection (7), a court of
                      summary jurisdiction convicts a person of an offence
                      against subsection (1), (2) or (3), the penalty that the
                      court may impose is a fine not exceeding $2 000 or
25                    imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.
                (9)   Subsection (3) does not affect the law relating to legal
                      professional privilege.
                                                                                      ".
     6.         Section 21 repealed and a saving provision
30        (1)   Section 21 is repealed.



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        (2)   In this section --
              "NCA Act" means the National Crime Authority Act 1984 of
                 the Commonwealth;
              "relevant claim" means a claim, made before the coming into
5                  operation of this section that a person is entitled to refuse --
                   (a)   to furnish information, or produce a document,
                         pursuant to a notice under section 20 of the NCA Act;
                   (b)   to produce a document pursuant to a notice under
                         section 29 of the NCA Act;
10                 (c)   to answer a question put to the person, or produce a
                         document that the person was required to produce,
                         under section 30 of the NCA Act; or
                   (d)   to comply with a requirement --
                            (i) to answer a question, or to produce a
15                              document, at a hearing before the Authority
                                under a law of a State; or
                           (ii) to produce a document pursuant to a notice
                                under a provision of a law of a State that
                                corresponds to section 29 of the NCA Act,
20                       to which section 32 of the NCA Act applied, because
                         of section 32B of the NCA Act, before the coming
                         into operation of item 13 of Schedule 1 to the
                         National Crime Authority Legislation Amendment
                         Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
25      (3)   Section 21, as in force immediately before its repeal by
              subsection (1), continues to apply in relation to a relevant claim
              as if it had not been repealed.




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     7.            Section 25 replaced
                   Section 25 is repealed and the following section is inserted
                   instead --
     "
5            25.         Contempt of Authority
                   (1)   A person shall not --
                          (a) obstruct or hinder --
                                  (i) the Authority or a member in the
                                        performance of the functions of the
10                                      Authority; or
                                 (ii) a hearing officer in the performance of
                                        the hearing officer's functions as a
                                        hearing officer;
                                or
15                        (b) disrupt a hearing before the Authority or a
                                hearing officer.
                   (2)   A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of a
                         crime and, subject to this section, is punishable, upon
                         conviction, by a fine not exceeding $20 000 or by
20                       imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years.
                   (3)   Notwithstanding that an offence against subsection (1)
                         is a crime, a court of summary jurisdiction may hear
                         and determine proceedings in respect of such an
                         offence if the court is satisfied that it is proper to do so
25                       and the defendant and the prosecutor consent.
                   (4)   Where, in accordance with subsection (3), a court of
                         summary jurisdiction convicts a person of an offence
                         against subsection (1), the penalty that the court may
                         impose is a fine not exceeding $2 000 or imprisonment
30                       for a period not exceeding one year.
                                                                                         ".




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          Part 3 -- Amendments relating to people who may
                 apply for, or issue, search warrants
     8.             Section 12 amended
          (1)       Section 12(1) is amended as follows:
5                    (a) by deleting "A member may apply to a Judge of a
                           prescribed court" and inserting instead --
                "
                              An eligible person may apply to an issuing officer
                                                                                     ";
10                      (b)    in paragraphs (a) and (b) by deleting "the member" and
                               inserting instead --
                               " the eligible person ".
          (2)       Section 12(2) is amended by deleting "a Judge of a prescribed
                    court, the Judge" and inserting instead --
15                  "    an issuing officer, the issuing officer   ".
          (3)       Section 12(3) is amended as follows:
                     (a) by deleting "A Judge" and inserting instead --
                           " An issuing officer ";
                     (b) by deleting "the Judge" wherever occurring and
20                         inserting instead --
                           " the issuing officer ".
          (4)       Section 12(4) is amended as follows:
                     (a) by deleting "a Judge" and inserting instead --
                           " an issuing officer ";
25                   (b) by deleting "the Judge" and inserting instead --
                           " the issuing officer ".




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     (5)        Section 12(8)(b) is amended as follows:
                 (a) by deleting "a member" and inserting instead --
                       " an eligible person ";
                 (b) in subparagraph (ii) by deleting "the member" and
5                      inserting instead --
                       " the eligible person ".
     (6)        Section 12(9) is amended as follows:
                 (a) by deleting "A member" and inserting instead --
                       " An eligible person ";
10               (b) by deleting "the member" and inserting instead --
                       " the eligible person ".
     (7)        Section 12(11) is repealed.
     (8)        After section 12(13) the following subsections are inserted --
           "
15             (14)   A function of issuing a warrant conferred on an issuing
                      officer by this section is conferred on the issuing
                      officer in a personal capacity and not as a court or a
                      member of a court.
               (15)   Without limiting the generality of subsection (14), the
20                    issue of a warrant has effect only by virtue of this Act
                      and is not to be taken by implication to be made by a
                      court.
               (16)   An issuing officer performing a function of, or
                      connected with, issuing a warrant under this section has
25                    the same protection and immunity as if the issuing
                      officer were performing that function as, or as a
                      member of, a court (being a court of which the issuing
                      officer is a member).
                                                                                  ".



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     9.              Section 13 amended
          (1)        Section 13(1) is amended by deleting "a member" and inserting
                     instead --
                     "     an eligible person     ".
5         (2)        Section 13(1), (2) and (3)(b) are amended by deleting "the
                     member" and inserting instead --
                     " the eligible person        ".
          (3)        Section 13(3) is amended as follows:
                      (a) by deleting "a Judge" and inserting instead --
10                          " an issuing officer ";
                      (b) by deleting "the Judge" and inserting instead --
                            " the issuing officer ".
          (4)        Section 13(4), (5) and (6) are amended by deleting "Judge"
                     wherever occurring and inserting instead --
15                   "     issuing officer   ".
          (5)        After section 13(7) the following subsections are inserted --
                "
                     (8)     A function of issuing a warrant conferred on an issuing
                             officer by this section is conferred on the issuing
20                           officer in a personal capacity and not as a court or a
                             member of a court.
                     (9)     Without limiting the generality of subsection (8), the
                             issue of a warrant has effect only by virtue of this Act and
                             is not to be taken by implication to be made by a court.
25                  (10)     An issuing officer performing a function of, or
                             connected with, issuing a warrant under this section has
                             the same protection and immunity as if the issuing
                             officer were performing that function as, or as a
                             member of, a court (being the court of which the
30                           issuing officer is a member).
                                                                                            ".

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       Part 4 -- Amendments relating to use of reasonable
                  force to execute warrants
     10.          Section 12 amended
                  After section 12(6) the following subsection is inserted --
5            "
                 (6a)   A person executing a warrant issued under this section
                        may only use such reasonable force as is necessary for
                        the execution.
                                                                                   ".

10   11.          Section 20 amended
                  After section 20(2) the following subsection is inserted --
             "
                 (2a)   A person executing a warrant under this section may
                        only use such reasonable force as is necessary for the
15                      execution.
                                                                                   ".




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           Part 5 -- Amendments relating to hearing officers
     12.           Section 15 inserted
                   After section 14 the following section is inserted --
     "
5            15.         Hearings
                         For the purposes of a special investigation --
                          (a) the Authority may hold hearings of the
                                 Authority; and
                          (b) the Chair may, in writing, direct a hearing
10                               officer to hold hearings.
                                                                                              ".

     13.           Section 16 amended
                   Section 16(1) is repealed and the following subsection is
                   inserted instead --
15           "
                   (1)   This section applies to a hearing held by the Authority.
                                                                                              ".
                   Note: The heading to section 16 will be altered to read "Hearings of the
                   Authority".

20   14.           Section 16A inserted
                   After section 16 the following section is inserted --
     "
             16A.        Hearings by hearing officers
                   (1)   A hearing officer may regulate the conduct of
25                       proceedings at a hearing as the hearing officer thinks
                         fit.
                   (2)   At a hearing before a hearing officer --
                          (a) a person giving evidence may be represented by
                                a legal practitioner; and


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            (b)    if, by reason of the existence of special
                   circumstances, the hearing officer consents to a
                   person who is not giving evidence being
                   represented by a legal practitioner -- the person
5                  may be so represented.
     (3)   A hearing before a hearing officer must be held in
           private and the hearing officer may give directions as
           to the persons who may be present during the hearing
           or a part of the hearing.
10   (4)   Nothing in a direction given by the hearing officer
           under subsection (3) prevents the presence, when
           evidence is being taken at a hearing before the hearing
           officer, of --
             (a) a person representing the person giving
15                  evidence; or
             (b) a person representing, in accordance with
                    subsection (2), a person who, by reason of a
                    direction given by the hearing officer under
                    subsection (3), is entitled to be present.
20   (5)   If a hearing before a hearing officer is being held, a
           person (other than a member or a member of the staff
           of the Authority approved by the Authority) must not
           be present at the hearing unless the person is entitled to
           be present by reason of a direction given by the hearing
25         officer under subsection (3) or by reason of
           subsection (4).
     (6)   At a hearing before a hearing officer for the purposes
           of a special investigation --
             (a) counsel assisting the hearing officer generally
30                 or in relation to the matter to which the
                   investigation relates;




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                      (b)    any person authorised by the hearing officer to
                             appear before the hearing officer at the hearing;
                             or
                       (c)   any legal practitioner representing a person at
5                            the hearing in accordance with subsection (2),
                     may, so far as the hearing officer thinks appropriate,
                     examine or cross-examine any witness on any matter
                     that the hearing officer considers relevant to the special
                     investigation.
10             (7)   If a person (other than a member or a member of the
                     staff of the Authority) is present at a hearing before a
                     hearing officer while another person ("the witness") is
                     giving evidence at the hearing, the hearing officer
                     must --
15                     (a) inform the witness that the person is present;
                              and
                       (b) give the witness an opportunity to comment on
                              the presence of the person.
               (8)   To avoid doubt, a person does not cease to be entitled
20                   to be present at a hearing before a hearing officer or
                     part of such a hearing if --
                       (a) the hearing officer fails to comply with
                              subsection (7); or
                       (b) a witness comments adversely on the presence
25                            of the person under subsection (7)(b).
               (9)   A hearing officer may direct that --
                      (a) any evidence given before the hearing officer;
                      (b) the contents of any document, or a description
                            of any thing, produced to the hearing officer;
30                    (c) any information that might enable a person who
                            has given evidence before the hearing officer to
                            be identified; or

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             (d)    the fact that any person has given or may be
                    about to give evidence at a hearing,
            must not be published, or must not be published except
            in such manner, and to such persons, as the hearing
5           officer specifies. The hearing officer must give such a
            direction if the failure to do so might prejudice the
            safety or reputation of a person or prejudice the fair
            trial of a person who has been or may be charged with
            an offence.
10   (10)   Subject to subsection (11), the Chair may, in writing,
            vary or revoke a direction under subsection (9).
     (11)   The Chair must not vary or revoke a direction if to do
            so might prejudice the safety or reputation of a person
            or prejudice the fair trial of a person who has been or
15          may be charged with an offence.
     (12)   Where --
             (a) a person has been charged with an offence
                  before a federal court or before a court of a
                  State or Territory; and
20           (b) the court considers that it may be desirable in
                  the interests of justice that particular evidence
                  given before a hearing officer, being evidence
                  in relation to which the hearing officer has
                  given a direction under subsection (9), be made
25                available to the person or to a legal practitioner
                  representing the person,
            the court may give to the hearing officer or the
            Authority a certificate to that effect and, if the court
            does so, the hearing officer or the Authority, as the
30          case may be, must make the evidence available to the
            court.




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                 (13)   Where --
                         (a) the hearing officer or the Authority makes
                              evidence available to a court in accordance with
                              subsection (12); and
5                        (b) the court, after examining the evidence, is
                              satisfied that the interests of justice so require,
                        the court may make the evidence available to the
                        person charged with the offence concerned or to a legal
                        practitioner representing the person.
10               (14)   A person who --
                         (a) is present at a hearing in contravention of
                               subsection (5); or
                         (b) makes a publication in contravention of a
                               direction given under subsection (9),
15                      is guilty of an offence punishable, upon conviction, by
                        a fine not exceeding $2 000 or imprisonment for a
                        period not exceeding one year.
                 (15)   At the conclusion of a hearing held by a hearing
                        officer, the hearing officer must give the Authority --
20                        (a) a record of the proceedings of the hearing; and
                          (b) any documents or other things given to the
                                 hearing officer at, or in connection with, the
                                 hearing.
                                                                                    ".
25   15.          Section 17 amended
           (1)    Section 17(1), (2) and (3) are amended by inserting after "before
                  the Authority" --
                  " or a hearing officer ".
           (2)    Section 17(3) is amended by inserting after "to which the
30                Authority" and after "prevents the Authority" --
                  " or the hearing officer   ".

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           (3)   Section 17(4) is amended by inserting after "Authority" --
                 " or the hearing officer who is holding a hearing    ".
           (4)   Section 17(5) is amended as follows:
                  (a) by inserting after "The Authority" --
5                       " or the hearing officer ";
                  (b) in paragraph (a) by inserting after "a member" --
                        " or a hearing officer ";
                  (c) in paragraph (a) by inserting after "presiding at the
                        hearing" --
10                      " or the hearing officer ";
                  (d) in paragraph (b) by inserting after "a member," --
                        " the hearing officer ".

     16.         Section 18 amended
           (1)   Section 18(1)(a) is amended by deleting "or a member of the
15               staff of the Authority;" and inserting instead --
                        "
                              , a member of the staff of the Authority or a
                              hearing officer;
                                                                                ".
20         (2)   Section 18(2) is amended by inserting after "Authority" --
                 " or a hearing officer   ".

     17.         Section 18B amended
                 Section 18B(7) is amended in the definition of "official matter",
                 in paragraph (c), by inserting after "Authority" --
25               " or a hearing officer   ".




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     18.         Section 19 amended
           (1)   Section 19(1) is amended as follows:
                     (a)    by inserting after "Authority" --
                            " or a hearing officer ";
5                    (b)    in paragraph (b) by deleting "member." and inserting
                            instead --
                            "
                                   member or the hearing officer, as the case may
                                   be.
10                                                                                   ".
           (2)   Section 19(2) is amended as follows:
                  (a) by inserting after "Authority" --
                        " or a hearing officer ";
                  (b) in paragraph (b) by deleting "hearing;" and inserting
15                      instead --
                        " hearing or the hearing officer; ".
           (3)   Section 19(3) is amended as follows:
                  (a) in paragraph (a) by inserting after "Authority" --
                        " or a hearing officer ";
20                (b) by deleting ", furnish to the Authority" and inserting
                        instead --
                 "
                           or the hearing officer, furnish to the Authority or the
                           hearing officer
25                                                                                   ".

     19.         Section 20 amended
                 Section 20(1)(a) and (3)(a) are amended by inserting after
                 "before the Authority" --
                 " or a hearing officer        ".

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     20.         Section 23 amended
                 Section 23(1) is amended by inserting after "Authority" --
                 " or a hearing officer   ".

     21.         Section 24 amended
5                Section 24 is amended as follows:
                  (a)   by inserting after "a member" --
                        " or a hearing officer ";
                  (b)   in paragraph (a) by inserting after "Authority" --
                        " or a hearing officer ";
10                (c)   in paragraph (b) by inserting after "before the
                        Authority" --
                        " or a hearing officer ";
                  (d)   by inserting after "the member" --
                        " or the hearing officer, as the case may be, ".

15   22.         Section 29 amended
           (1)   Section 29(1) is amended as follows:
                  (a) by inserting after "member" wherever occurring --
                        " or a hearing officer ";
                  (b) by inserting after "Authority" --
20                      " or the hearing officer ".
           (2)   Section 29(2) and (3) are amended by inserting after
                 "Authority" wherever occurring --
                 " or a hearing officer   ".

     23.         Section 31 amended
25         (1)   Section 31 is amended as follows:
                  (a) after paragraph (a) by deleting "and";


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                   (b)    after paragraph (b) by deleting the full stop and
                          inserting --
                          "
                                ; and
5                         (c)   a hearing officer.
                                                                               ".
        (2)    Section 31(3) is amended by deleting "or acting member in the
               member's or acting member's" and inserting instead --
               "
10                       , acting member or hearing officer in the member's,
                         acting member's or hearing officer's
                                                                               ".




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       Part 6 -- Amendments relating to references to the
          Chairman or Chairperson of the Authority
     24.          Section 16 amended
                  Section 16(3), (3a), (9a) and (9b) are amended by deleting
5                 "Chairperson" wherever occurring and inserting instead --
                  " Chair ".
     25.          Section 17 amended
                  Section 17(6) is amended by deleting "Chairperson." and
                  inserting instead --
10                " Chair. ".
     26.          Section 27 amended
                  Section 27(1) and (3) are amended by deleting "Chairperson"
                  wherever occurring and inserting instead --
                  " Chair ".
15   27.          Anti-Corruption Commission Act 1988 amended
           (1)    The amendment in this section is to the Anti-Corruption
                  Commission Act 1988*.
                  [* Reprinted as at 6 July 2001.]
           (2)    Section 12(1)(f)(iii) is amended by deleting "Chairman" and
20                inserting instead --
                  " Chair ".
     28.          Surveillance Devices Act 1998 amended
           (1)    The amendments in this section are to the Surveillance Devices
                  Act 1998*.
25                [* Act No. 56 of 1998.
                     For subsequent amendments see 2000 Index to Legislation of
                     Western Australia, Table 1, p. 443, and Act No. 35 of 2001.]


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           (2)   Each of the provisions set out in the Table is amended by
                 deleting "Chairperson" wherever occurring and inserting
                 instead --
                 " Chair ".
5                                             Table
                     section 3(1) in paragraph (c) of the definition
                       of "authorized person"
                     section 9(2)(a)(iii)
                     section 15(3)(c)
                     section 43(3) and (4)
                     section 44(1)(f)

     29.         Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996 amended
           (1)   The amendment in this section is to the Witness Protection
                 (Western Australia) Act 1996*.
                 [* Act No. 11 of 1996.
10                  For subsequent amendments see 2000 Index to Legislation of
                    Western Australia, Table 1, p. 500.]
           (2)   Section 3(1) is amended in paragraph (c) of the definition of
                 "approved authority" by deleting "Chairman" and inserting
                 instead --
15               "    Chair    ".




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                        Part 7 -- Other amendments
     30.        Section 6 amended
                Section 6(4) and (5) are repealed.
     31.        Section 16 amended
5               After section 16(7) the following subsections are inserted --
           "
               (7a)   If a person (other than a member or a member of the
                      staff of the Authority) is present at a hearing while
                      another person ("the witness") is giving evidence at
10                    the hearing, the Authority shall --
                         (a) inform the witness that the person is present; and
                        (b) give the witness an opportunity to comment on
                               the presence of the person.
               (7b)   To avoid doubt, a person does not cease to be entitled
15                    to be present at a hearing or part of a hearing if --
                        (a) the Authority fails to comply with
                              subsection (7a); or
                        (b) a witness comments adversely on the presence
                              of the person under subsection (7a)(b).
20                                                                                ".
     32.        Section 18B amended
                Section 18B(2)(e) is deleted and the following paragraph is
                inserted instead --
                     "
25                      (e) if the person is a legal practitioner -- for the
                              purpose of obtaining the agreement of another
                              person under section 19(3) to the legal
                              practitioner answering a question or producing
                              a document at a hearing before the Authority or
30                            a hearing officer.
                                                                                  ".


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33.       Section 23 amended
          Section 23(2) and (3) are amended by deleting "an indictable
          offence" and inserting instead --
          "   a crime   ".




 


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