40TH PARLIAMENT Report 42 STANDING COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION Criminal Procedure Amendment (Trial by Judge Alone) Bill 2017 Presented by Hon Dr Sally Talbot MLC (Chair) May 2020 Standing Committee on Legislation Members as at the time of this inquiry: Hon Dr Sally Talbot MLC (Chair) Hon Nicholas Goiran MLC (Deputy Chair) Hon Pierre Yang MLC Hon Aaron Stonehouse MLC substitute Hon Colin de Grussa MLC for Hon Simon O'Brien MLC Staff as at the time of this inquiry: Ben King (Advisory Officer (Legal)) Kimberley Ould (Advisory Officer (Legal)) Tracey Sharpe (Committee Clerk) Address: Parliament House 4 Harvest Terrace, West Perth WA 6005 Telephone: 08 9222 7300 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.parliament.wa.gov.au ISBN 978-1-925578-94-2 CONTENTS Executive summary .................................................................................................................................... i 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Referral and procedure .............................................................................................................................................1 Policy and purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................................................2 Purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................................................................2