Proactive-release-Legal-Services-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]
...this Bill create, amend, or remove: (a) offences or penalties (including infringement offences or NO penalties and civil pecuniary penalty regimes)? (b) the jurisdiction of a court or tribunal (including rights to NO judicial review or rights of appeal)? The Bill does not directly amend offences or penalties. It removes legal aid funding for s27 reports which, as noted above, provide information that informs judicial decisions about the type and length of a sentence. 3.4.1. Was the...