On Wednesday 3 February 2021, of its own motion, the Crime and Public Integrity Policy Committee (the ‘Committee’) resolved to inquire into and report on the matters set out in the Terms of Reference below.
Terms of Reference
The Committee is to inquire into and consider the operation of the following:
1. Insofar as they are concerned with serious crime, criminal organisations or proceedings under the Serious and Organised Crime (Control) Act 2008 and the Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Act 2009
- the Bail Act 1985, the Controlled Substances Act 1984, the Sentencing Act 2017, the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935, the Evidence Act 1929, the Juries Act 1927, the Summary Offences Act 1953 and the Criminal Procedure Act 1921, and, in particular—
- how effective those Acts have been in disrupting and restricting the activities of organisations involved in serious crime and protecting members of the public from violence associated with such organisations; and
- whether the operation of those Acts has adversely affected persons not involved in serious crime to an unreasonable extent; and
- whether the operation of those Acts has made an appreciable difference to the prevention or minimisation of the activities of organisations involved in serious crime; an
- the effect of the amendments made by the Statutes Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act 2012
2. Any other relevant matter as the Committee sees fit.
Further information about the Committee may be obtained via the Parliament of South Australia website: https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/en/Committees/Committees-Detail
Any person or organisation wishing to make a written submission or register an interest in presenting oral evidence to the Committee is invited to do so by COB Friday, 19 March 2021. Written submissions and expressions of interest should be addressed to the Executive/Research Officer, Crime and Public Integrity Policy Committee, Parliament House, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000, or by email to: cpip@parliament.sa.gov.au
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