Crime of Justice Information 2022

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CRIME OF JUSTICE
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Subject: Legal Advice on how to deal with hooning issue and relevant legislation, which
deals with the concerned issue.
Dear Ms Rock,
Introduction
This is to recommend you on the concerned issue i.e. hooning in the neighbourhood. The
advice will be highlighting the relevancy on the given issues. The followings issues will be
dealt in accordance with the situation as provided in the present scenario. Hooning is a very
common issue in Australia. The term hooning is a very popular term, which is used for any
anti-social behaviour performed in a motor vehicle- a vehicle, van or motorcycle- such as
speed, road racing and vehicle stereo playing loud music. This email will describe about the
rule of law, separation of powers. It will also describe about the six-stage process, which is
undertaken by the legislature to pass a bill. Furthermore, it will provide brief information that
how police service may assist with this issue and details of community group, their details.
Rule of Law
As you are unaware of law, so before initiating the hoon issue it is necessary for you to
understand how law will help you to overcome with this issue and the concept of rule of law.
The term rule of law means that the law governs every person. The rule of law is the notion
that the both state and citizens understand and obey the law (Crawford, 2017). It represents that
the supremacy of law supersede the supremacy of individual will. Whereas the doctrine of
separation of powers is complicated and controversial concept, and the extent to which it
promotes the rule of law therefore depends in part, on how its conditions are understood
(Gray, 2016).
In separation of power, the authority to govern should be allocated among the Parliament, the
Executive and the Judiciary in order to prevent having all the authority of one group. Each
group should operate within specified fields of accountability in order to monitor each other’s
behaviour (Aroney et al., 2015). The judiciary along with parliament and the executive is one
of the three branches of government. The judiciary is autonomous from the other two public
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weapons. This independence is one of a democracy’s most essential safeguard and is based
on the rule of law. In rule of law, every individual is entitled to be heard by an independent
and impartial court. Tenure security is an important part of judicial independence so that the
government does not influence judge’s decisions (Peabody, 2011). Judicial independence
protects the rights and privileges given by a restricted constitution and prohibits executive
and legislative infringement of those freedoms. It serves as a basis for the rule of legislation
and democracy (Steiner, 2015). Therefore, by filing a complaint before proper authority will
help you to deal with hoon issue.
Six Stage Process
Since you believe that, the police should bring in new laws to stop hoon issue it is necessary
to understand the six-stage procedure, which is adopted by legislature to bring new laws. In
Queensland (QLD), the legislation making method differs based on the type of the bill
implemented and whether the bill is urgent (Paulsen & Paulsen, 2017). A bill is a suggestion for
legislation, either a fresh law or change to a current legislation, for consideration by
Parliament (Rogers & Walters, 2015). Most of the bills proposed in parliament are public bills,
and it is the responsibility of minister to introduce them. Individual parliamentarians (MPs)
may also introduce bills, which are known as bills for private members (Dosen et al., 2013).
Parliamentary Stages of a Bill:
A bill is passed through various stages or steps, these are as follows:
1. Presentation and first reading:
The bill and tables and explanatory notes are introduced by the minister. He
nominates a portfolio committee to consider the bill. The minister then explains the
bill. That is called the Explanatory Speech. The minister requests that the bill be read
for the first time after explanatory speech.
2. Committee consideration and its report:
Each committee consists of a group of parliamentary members of both government
and non-government. A commission in the Legislative Assembly can examine
problems in more detail than is feasible. A report shall be prepared then based on the
information gathered. Whereas, once a commission has completed its study, the paper
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