Law and Order

434. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to prosecutorial discretion in assaults against public officers occasioning bodily harm.

(1) Would the minister please advise the process undertaken by the police prosecuting division in determining whether to proceed with a charge of assault against a public officer occasioning bodily harm.

(2) Is there a specific policy which provides how these decisions are to be made?

Committee

Resumed from an earlier stage of the sitting. The Deputy Chair of Committees (Hon Martin Aldridge) in the chair; Hon Stephen Dawson (Minister for Environment) in charge of the bill.

Clause 1: Short title —

Committee was interrupted after the clause had been partly considered.

Clause put and passed.

Clauses 2 to 6 put and passed.

Clause 7: Section 34 amended —

Hon CHARLES SMITH :. I move —