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CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (DANGEROUS DRIVING) BILL 2017 BILL 43 OF 2017

                                       FACT SHEET

               Criminal Code Amendment (Dangerous Driving) Bill 2017

The Criminal Code Amendment (Dangerous Driving) Bill 2017 will make a number of amendments
to legislation relating to driving offences, including by:

          transferring the offence of dangerous driving from the Traffic Act 1925 to the
           Criminal Code Act 1924;

          increasing the maximum sentences of imprisonment by one year for the offence of
           negligent driving causing death;

          increasing the maximum sentences of imprisonment by six months for the offence
           of negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm;

          making the offence of negligent driving causing death an alternative conviction for a
           person charged with causing death by dangerous driving; and

          making the offence of negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm an alternative
           conviction for a person charged with causing grievous bodily harm by dangerous
           driving.




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