Debate resumes on the drink and food spiking Bill
06/03/2008
The�Crimes Amendment (Drink and Food Spiking) Bill 2008 passed the Legislative Assembly on 28 February.�The shadow attorney general, Greg Smith MP, led the debate�for the Opposition. View the�Hansard�>
The�object of this Bill, as provided in the explanatory notes, is to amend the Crimes Act 1900�to create a new summary offence of spiking a personâs drink or food with an intoxicating substance with intent to harm the person (maximum penalty 2 years imprisonment or $11,000 fine, or both), and�to ensure that other more serious related offences apply to the use of intoxicating substances (namely, using intoxicating substances to commit indictable offences, to endanger life, to inflict grievous bodily harm or to injure or cause distress or pain).
6 March�2008
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