On behalf of Senator Quirke, I move amendment No. 1:—
In sub-section (1), page 3, line 45, to insert after the word "person" the words "without the authority of the Minister for Industry and Commerce".
Vol. 22 No. 5
On behalf of Senator Quirke, I move amendment No. 1:—
In sub-section (1), page 3, line 45, to insert after the word "person" the words "without the authority of the Minister for Industry and Commerce".
This amendment is designed to meet the point raised by Senator Rowlette on the Second Reading. It gives the Minister for Industry and Commerce authority to allow the use of the white cross, if he so desires. At the moment the white cross is marked on certain first-aid boxes in factories, placed there because of regulations made by the Department of Industry and Commerce.
I should like to know whether in Section 5, the use of the word "person" covers a corporate body. In Section 7, corporate bodies are specifically referred to and I should like to know whether a corporate body could be held guilty of an unlawful act under Section 5, as it is at present phrased.
The word "person" is used by the Parliamentary Draftsman in all Acts and covers bodies corporate as well as individuals. The reason why bodies corporate are specifically referred to in Section 7 is to ensure that, if a body corporate is held guilty of an offence, some official of the corporation can be held personally responsible.