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Topic Started: Aug 27 2007, 02:44 PM (3,267 Views)
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Compulsory Chlamydia Screening Act

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Under this bill, it will be compulsory for everybody in Ostentia to have a free Chlamydia screening.

I am not sure if Chlamydia exists in Ostentia, but as it is a real world problem, I shall propose it anyway.

Chlamydia is one of the fastest spreading STDs in Britain, so it may also be in Ostentia. Therefore, it is important to combat this issue. Chlamydia is a disease which can be treated VERY easily, and can be easily found through screening.

A compulsory screening for everyone in the country, and all immigrants, would stop the disease from ever again troubling residents of Ostentia.

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Author: jhgillatt
Type: Opposition Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the "Compulsory Chlamydia Screening" proposal be put into place."
Motion By: jhgillat
Date: Made on 03/03/09, voted on 05/03/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 6, Nos: 3)
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Unnecessary Aircraft Usage Act

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Under this bill, it would be illegal to use aircraft to travel between airports which are also linked by land. Exceptions to this could be taken in emergency circumstances, such as medical, firefighting, military and policing needs.

Evidence can be found HERE, on the website of the group which "custarded" Lord Mandelson. :lol:

New railways, or improvements to existing railways, could be built to acommodate the people needing transport. (Thanks, Inevitable)

Planes would also be permitted to make emergency landings without crossing the sea. (Thanks, Plqx)

Also, flights into Falahn, and other places with difficult access, which requires easy access to survive, would be permitted. (Thanks, Cieran)

Wow, a lot of amendments...

Facts
 
Author: jhgilliatt
Type: Opposition Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I propose that the "Unnecessary Aircraft Usage" Bill be put into law."
Motion By: jhgilliatt
Date: Made on 10/03/09, voted on 10/03/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 5, Nos: 3)
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Bailout of HartfordFinance

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Under this bill, and with the consent of the Hartford Group, all Ostentian operations of HartfordFinance will be split from the organisation and formed into a seperate company, named OstentianFinance, which will be taken into immediate temporary public ownership, with the government holding a 100% stake in the newly formed company. There will be no need to compensate share holders in HartfordFinance, as the company itself will not be taken into public ownership (although the shares are effectively worthless in the current market anyway). If at the end of the recession Hartford Group, or any successor organisation, wishes to purchase OstentianFinance, it may do so by purchasing it at full market value, with the minimum price being equal to the costs incurred by the government in the running of the bank. If Hartford Group does not wish to buy at this price, then the government of the day will be able to do as it pleases with the bank.

Facts
 
Author: Sir William Buttersworth (amendment proposed by Commoncold0)
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Bailout of HartfordFinance be passed into law."
Motion By: miniyoda008
Date: Made on 09/03/09, voted on 09/03/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 8, Nos: 4)
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Social Housing Act

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Under this bill, two units will be provided from the Social Affairs budget for the purpose of purchasing homes, or shares of homes, from those risking losing them due to being unable to pay their mortgages.

These homes will then be made available at a low, steady rent, with priority given to the current occupants if they wish to rent it. This rent effectively acts as interest on the loan to those planning to rebuy the house.

The people will then be able to purchase the share owned by the government should their fortunes improve. This will enable people to avoid losing their homes and way of life while the crisis is happening.

As house shares will be repurchasable, it is expected that the government will recoup both units (either in purely monetary terms, or in money and extra assets in the housing stock) with extra income from the rent. Obviously, sale of houses to the government will be optional.

Every 6 months the rent charged will be assessed, with the possbility of it being raised or lowered as deemed suitable.

Facts
 
Author: miniyoda008
Type: Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the social housing bill be passed into law."
Motion By: miniyoda008
Date: Made on 10/03/09, voted on 11/03/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 9, Nos: 1)
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Riot Act

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Preamble:
Under this bill, the police force will be given the power to declare an assembly of people to be unlawful if it is violent or potentially violent. The police will also be given the power to disperse such an unlawful assembly if necessary.

Section I: Declarations of Unlawful Assembly
If a significant proportion of an assembly of people are committing deliberate acts of violence, then the senior police officer in charge of the situation may declare the assembly to be unlawful and order it to disperse itself. In addition, if an assembly is not yet committing acts of violence, but the police have reason to believe that it intends to do so, then a declaration of unlawful assembly may be made. After declaring an assembly to be unlawful, all those involved will be given 15 minutes to disperse. If the assembly has not dispersed within this time limit, then the provision under Section II may be enacted. During this time, the police may continue to deal with violent individuals as required.

Section II: Forced Dispersal of Unlawful Assemblies
If 15 minutes after a declaration of unlawful assembly the assembly has not been dispersed, then the police will be given the powers to arrest and detain those who remain. Such individuals may be charged with "Unlawful Assembly under the Riot Act". If found guilty, they may fined or given a short prison sentence (maximum 1 month).

Section III: Safeguards to Prevent Abuse
The powers contained withing this bill are intended to be used sparingly, and should only be used in cicrumstances where the police cannot feasibly deal with violent individuals without dispersing the entire assembly of people.
A person affected by either Section I or Section II of this bill may challenge its use in court. If the bill is judged to have be misused, then disciplinary action may be taken against the relevant police force. In addition, those affected by Section II may be entitled to compensation.
All uses of Section II of this bill are to be monitored by the Central Police Command and reported directly to the Home Secretary (or the Prime Minister, if the position of Home Secretary is unfilled).
If the government concludes that a regional police authority is abusing Section II of the bill, then it may suspend the right of that authority to use Section II.

Facts
 
Author: Commoncold0
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Riot Bill be passed into law."
Motion By: Commoncold0
Date: Made on 13/03/09, voted on 15/03/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 6, Nos: 4)
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Electoral Reform Act (2009)

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Under this bill,

1) The Electoral Reform Act (July 2008) shall be repealed.

2) At the next general election and all subsequent ones, elections to the House of Commons will take place using a form of proportional representation. The country will be divided into new constituencies, each of which will be represented by six members of parliament. Members of parliament will be elected using the single transferable vote method. This will result in parliament being more representative, while still ensuring that all MPs are directly accountable to the people.

3) At the next general election and all subsequent ones, elections to the office of Prime Minister will also take place using a form of proportional representation. At each election, an electoral college shall be formed, with the composition being determined by the percentage of the vote recieved by each candidate during the election: for each percentage point recieved by a candidate, rounded to the nearest whole number, they are awarded an electoral vote (EV). Within 24 hours of the result, candidates must cast their EVs either for themselves or for another candidate. If they fail to do so, they are considered to have abstained from the electoral college. To prevent abuse, candidates must cast all their EVs in favour of the same person. At the end of the 24 hour period, the candidate with the most EVs cast in favour of them is declared Prime Minister, and the candidate with the second highest number of votes is declared the Leader of the Opposition. In the event of a tie at the end of the 24 hour period, then fresh elections shall be held. This will create both a more representative government and a more representative opposition.

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Ok, I know that's a hard read, but here's basicly what it does:

1) Just some spring cleaning, removing the bill that this will replace.

2) This has no real effect on the simulation, except that the number of seats each party wins at an election will now roughly reflect the balance of power that actually exists in the house of commons. Oh, and it'll allow me to finally remove the flaw in my current system which gives the Boo party extra seats for no apparent reason. tongue.gif

3) This is the bit where the real changes occur: basicly, the two round system will be abolished. The first round will take place as normal. After that, each candidate will be given points (EVs) equal to the % they got in the election. They will then have 24 hours to publicly declare whether they're going to keep their EVs for themselves of whether they're going to give them to another candidate. If they don't make a declaration, then the EVs are just counted as unused. At the end of 24 hours, the candidate with the most EVs cast in their favour becomes Prime Minister, and the candidate with the second highest becomes opposition leader. This basicly allows for parties to support governments without actually having to form a coalition with them (although if they want to, they still can) and also means that in parliaments with lots of opposition parties, the leader of the opposition is the person that the majority of opposition parties support.


Repealed by the Electoral Un-Reform Act (2009)

Facts
 
Author: Commoncold0
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Electoral Reform Bill be passed into law."
Motion By: Commoncold0
Date: Made on 04/04/09, voted on 04/04/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 8, Nos: 0)
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Constructive Confidence Act

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Under this bill, parliamentary procedure will be altered to allow for constructive votes of no confidence.

Constructive motions of no confidence will take the following form: "I move that this house has no confidence in the government of <current prime minister>, and calls for the appointment of a new government led by <name of person you want to be prime minister>."

Constructive motions of no confidence may be called by any member of parliament, subject to the following conditions:
- the nominee for Prime Minister must accept the nomination before a vote can take place.
- the nominee and the motion author must be different people.
- if a constructive motion of no confidence goes to a vote, the author may not create another constructive motion of no confidence within the same session of parliament.
- similarly, if a constructive motion of no confidence goes to a vote and is defeated, the nominee in that motion may not be nominated again during the same session of parliament.
- the Speaker may not be nominated.

Traditional motions of confidence and no confidence may still be called.

Facts
 
Author: Commoncold0
Type: Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Constructive Confidence Bill be passed into law."
Motion By: Commoncold0
Date: Made on 07/04/09, voted on 07/04/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 7, Nos: 1)
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Empthrinian Trade Treaty Act

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Noting that Ostentia and Empthrinia now share powerful transport links, by air, rail and sea, the opportunity for increased trade between our two nations ought to be exploited. Ostentia can provide a large agricultural and service industry, which could benefit Empthrinia with increased food provision and such, as well as lower prices, stimulating spending. Likewise, Empthrinia's vast oil reserves could be of much help to the Ostentian economy, lowering oil prices and hence manufacturing costs.

In order to attain this, trade tariffs between our two nations, currently at 4%, would be dropped to 0%, facilitating free trade. Though there is not expected to be any los in revenue from this, should it occur, this will be funded by an increase in inheritance tax

Facts
 
Author: Cieran
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Empthrinian Trade Treaty be passed into law..."
Motion By: Cieran
Date: Made on 11/04/09, voted on 11/04/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 6, Nos: 0)
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Ostentia Warning Instrument Standard Emergency Act

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OWISE forms part of the Governments proposed coordinated national emergency plan.

The Ostentia Warning Instrument Standard Emergency Bill

The OWISE system will be used in assisting the delivery of public warnings and messages for major warning events.

States within Ostentia will accept responsibility for the preparation and implementation of procedures related to the use of OWISE in each jurisdiction and to develop and conduct appropriate public awareness programs.

OWISE is intended for use as an alert system to be played on public media to draw listeners' attention to a following emergency warning. It is meant to attract listeners' attention to the fact that they should take notice of the emergency message.

It is vital that the status and effectiveness of the OWISE system is maintained by limiting its use to significant events only. Such events will be restricted to:

- Sustained wind of over 125km/h.
- Storm tide of over 0.5 m above Highest Astronomical Tide.
- Large hail > 5 cm in diameter.
- Tornado(es).
- Major flood, flash flood and/or dam break.
- Intense rainfall leading to flash floods and/or landslides.
- Geohazards including effects of earthquakes and tsunamis'.
- Major urban or rural fires.
- Major pollution, hazardous material or bio-hazard emergency.
- Civil defence emergency.
- Other major emergency situations as sanctioned by the Prime Minister.

The four following factors must be present for the OWISE system to be announced:

- Potential for loss of life and/or a major threat to a significant number of properties or the environment.
- A large number of people need to be warned.
- Impact is expected within 12 hours - or is occurring at the time; and
- One or more phenomena are classified as 'destructive'.

Messages are in the following format:

EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT:

SIREN SIREN SIREN ' This is an official emergency announcement for ... (area) ... issued by ... (issuing authority, eg, Army, Police) ... concerning ... (type of emergency):

- What has happened
- What has been done so far
- Where it happened
- What is proposed to be done
- When it happened
- Any public safety instructions

This emergency announcement was issued by ... (issuing authority) ... stay tuned to this station for information' SIREN SIREN SIREN.

An example of the siren is at:

http://www.hartfordgroup.com.au/ostentia/o...urity/owise.wav

OWISE will be ran by the National Emergency Agency, a fully autonomous Agency under the National Emergency Plan. No ministers will have access to give orders to the NEA as it runs fully automatically.

There will be new legislation about the NEA creation shortly

Facts
 
Author: Sir William Buttersworth
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the OWISE Creation Motion Bill be passed into law."
Motion By: Sir William Buttersworth
Date: Made on 04/05/09, voted on 05/05/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 8, Nos: 0)
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National Emergency Agency

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The National Emergency Agency would represent the Ostentian Government's commitment to assisting States to develop their emergency management capabilities to protect all Ostentian citizens and their property. It provides national leadership in the development of measures to reduce risk to communities and manage the consequences of disasters. The National Emergency Angency would be a fully autonomous Government funded agency with little to no Government interaction in Business As Usual activities. The Prime Minister, however, does have full control over the National Emergency Agency. The National Emergency Agency would have the power to activate OWISE and provide direction to other Government departments on what to do during an emergency, including directing Police, Fire, Ambulatory services, Defence and others.

The National Emergency Agency would work with Foreign Affairs to assist foreign countries in their time of need during a disaster on their shores such as tsunami.

The national security objectives relating to emergency management include the protection of Ostentian interests both at home and abroad, the preservation of a safe and resilient society and the promotion of an international environment that is stable and peaceful.

The soon to be released National Security Statement will provide a framework for a greater integration of national security and emergency management agencies and arrangements to ensure that public safety aspects are managed and the consequences of these events minimised. This includes strengthening our cooperation with regional partners and promoting an Local Union.

Facts
 
Author: Sir William Buttersworth
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the National Emergency Agency Creation Motion be passed into law."
Motion By: Sir William Buttersworth
Date: Made on 06/05/09, voted on 06/05/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 10, Nos: 0)
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Multi-faceted NEA Anti-Terrorism Act

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This Act empowers the NEA to carry out anti-terrorism and domestic survelliance activities.

Under the NEA, a new Department will be created titled OREO (Ostentia Region Evaluation Organisation).

OREO's main role is to gather information and produce intelligence that will enable it to warn the government about activities or situations that might endanger Ostentia's national security. This Act defines 'security' as the protection of Ostentia and its people from espionage, sabotage, politically motivated violence, the promotion of communal violence, attacks on Ostentia's defence system, and acts of foreign interference.

OREO focuses on terrorists, people who may act violently for political reasons, and people who may clandestinely obtain sensitive government information which has the potential to damaged national security or otherwise harm Ostentia's interests in order to further their own causes or the interests of foreign governments. Exception will be made for foreign citizens working as a MP or otherwise within the Government for existing MP's and under special circumstances.

This Act empowers the NEA via OREO to obtain a warrant to detain and question a person who may have information important to the gathering of intelligence in relation to terrorist activity. The aim of the Act is to ensure Ostentia is in the best position to prevent and deter terrorist activity wherever possible by enhancing NEA's intelligence capabilities.

This Act makes it an offence to intentionally associate with a person who is member or who promotes or directs the activities of a listed terrorist organisation where that association provides support that would help the terrorist organisation to continue to exist or to expand. Exceptions to the offence are provided for in relation to associations with close family members; associations for the purpose of public religious worship; associations for the purpose of the provision of aid of a humanitarian nature; and associations in relation to certain legal proceedings.

This Act imprisons persons who provide or collect funds and are reckless as to whether those funds will be used to facilitate a terrorist act. The maximum penalty for the offence is imprisonment for life.

Facts
 
Author: Sir William Buttersworth
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Multi-faceted NEA Anti-Terrorism Motion be passed into law."
Motion By: Sir William Buttersworth
Date: Made on 09/05/09, voted on 10/05/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 4, Nos: 3)
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Torts Law Reform Act

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Whilst the Speaker acknowledges that there is no major issue at the moment with excessive personal injury claims, I believe that there should be legislation putting limits on personal injury claims to prevent runaway litigation.

I propose a points system, where 50 points of injury is death. Each point has a value associated with it, which increases with the more points by 20% per point issued. An example of points are below:

30 points for 'off-hand'.
35 points for primary handwriting hand.
40 points for loss of 1 eyes.
45 points for loss of both eyes.
50 for death.

Each point being worth ¤500.00.

Therefore:
30 points for 'off-hand' = ¤118 688.15
35 points for primary handwriting hand = ¤295 334.115
40 points for loss of 1 eyes = ¤734 885.784
45 points for loss of both eyes = ¤1 828 630.99
50 for death = ¤4 550 219.08


The point of compensation should be recognised by the house is to put the victim back in the place they would have been if the injury would not have occurred. Compensation is still based on injury, loss of potential income, however, if you are not injured then no compensation is due, for instance, tripping on a crack in the pavement but only slightly grazing yourself.

There would be an appeals process for compensation greater than the points system above which would go through the High Court.

Facts
 
Author: Sir William Buttersworth
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Tort Reform Motion be passed into law."
Motion By: Sir William Buttersworth
Date: Made on 12/05/09, voted on 12/05/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 5, Nos: 0)
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DIN Repeal Bill

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Under this bill the Declaration of International Neutrality will be repealed. The DIN was created in response to the irresponsible behaviour of past governments in the sphere of foreign policy, at a time when there was no other way of parliament holding the government to account over issues of foreign policy. However, with the passing of the Constructive Confidence Act, parliament now has the power to remove any government found to be endangering the country through a wreckless foreign policy. As such there is no need for the DIN, which in any case has been ammended to such an extent that it has little purpose remaining on the statute book anyway.

Facts
 
Author: Commoncold0
Type: Private Member Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the DIN Repeal Bill be passed into law."
Motion By: Commoncold0
Date: Made on 04/05/09, voted on 13/05/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 5, Nos: 3)
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Extradition and Mutual Assistance Bill

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The Extradition and Mutual Assistance Bill forms part of Ostentia's National Emergency Plan.

This bill is being presented in a new bill format, chosen for ease of reading and depth of detail.

PREAMBLE:

Combating transnational crime and terrorism is a high priority for Ostentia. Extradition and mutual assistance are key tools in that fight. Extradition ensures that criminals cannot evade justice simply by crossing borders. Mutual assistance ensures that criminals cannot escape prosecution and confiscation action just because the evidence or proceeds of their crime are in different countries.

Extradition and mutual assistance work supports the Ostenian Government's mission of achieving a just and secure society.

PRINCIPAL OBJECTS OF THIS ACT
The principal objects of this Act are:
( a ) to codify the law relating to the extradition of persons from
Ostentia to extradition countries and, in
particular, to provide for proceedings by which courts may
determine whether a person is to be, or is eligible to be,
extradited, without determining the guilt or innocence of the
person of an offence;
( b ) to facilitate the making of requests for extradition by
Ostentia to other countries; and
( c ) to enable Ostentia to carry out its obligations under
extradition treaties.

SUMMARY OF ACT
The Extradition and Mutual Assistance Act provides Ostentia's legislative basis for extradition. It sets out a number of mandatory requirements. Those requirements may be supplemented by requirements contained in a multilateral or bilateral treaty.

Ostentian extradition requests can only be made by the Prime Minister or the Minister for Home Office. Extradition is not available at the request of members of the public.

This bill will allow Ostentia to make an extradition request to any country. Ostentia's treaty partners have obligations to consider Ostentia's requests. In the absence of a treaty, it is a matter for the domestic law in the foreign country to determine whether the country can agree to Ostentia's extradition request.

Countries that are defined as an ‘extradition country’ can make an extradition request to Ostentia. An extradition country will be defined in the Extradition and Mutual Assistance Act and includes any country that is declared by the regulations to be an extradition country. Requests will be made to countries to be defined in the Extradition and Mutual Assistance Act. This is different from mutual assistance. In order to prevent a corrupt government abusing these rules, the current Prime Minister at the time this bill was made will be given the ability to overrule decisions made by the government. Ostentia can receive mutual assistance requests from any country, without the need for regulation.

Defined process for making an extradition request to a foreign country

Ostenitan law enforcement agency identifies the need to extradite and obtains an arrest warrant
A Federal or State law enforcement agency identifies the need to extradite a person from a foreign country and obtains an arrest warrant.

Urgent provisional arrest requests
If it is an urgent matter, the Ostenian Government Home Office, on receipt of an arrest warrant from the Federal or State law enforcement agency, can seek a provisional arrest through an international medium or directly from the foreign country itself.

Director of Public Prosecutions drafts the extradition request
The Federal Director of Public Prosecutions or the relevant State Director of Public Prosecutions provides advice and drafts extradition requests. The Director of Public Prosecutions undertakes to prosecute the person if they are returned to Ostentia.

The extradition request is sent to the Ostentian Government Home Office to ensure the request is in the proper form and complies with the requirements of the relevant treaties and the Extradition and Mutual Assistance Act.

Minister decides whether to make the extradition request
The Home Office Minister decides whether to make an outgoing extradition request. This decision is subject to judicial review.

Home Office sends the extradition request to the foreign country
The Ostentian Government Home Office transmits the extradition request to the other country through diplomatic channels. The Ostentian Government Home Office liaises with the Central Authority in the other country about the progress of the request.

The other country conducts extradition proceedings as required by their laws and decides whether to agree to Ostentian's extradition request.

Surrender and return of person
The Ostenitn Government Home Office advises the relevant Ostentian law enforcement agency if the person is being surrendered. The Ostentian Government Home Office liaises with the other country and the Ostenitan law enforcement agency to arrange the logistics of surrender. The Ostentian law enforcement agency escorts the person back to Ostentia.


Defined process for receiving an extradition request to Ostentia

Extradition requests and urgent provisional arrest requests
The incoming extradition process starts with an extradition request from a foreign country. The foreign country sends their request to the Ostentian Government Home Office.

Minister formally receives and accepts the extradition request
The Minister for Home Office must decide whether to accept an extradition request. If a request is accepted, a notice to a magistrate that the request has been received is issued. To accept a request, the Minister for Home Office must be satisfied that:

- the person is an extraditable person in relation to the extradition country
- the offence is an extradition offence
- there is dual criminality, and
- there is no double jeopardy.

The Minister for Home Office must also form the opinion that the offence is not a political offence or only a military offence.

- Extraditable person means a person who has been convicted in a foreign country, or a person for which a foreign country has issued an arrest warrant.
- Dual criminality means that the conduct would be an offence in both Ostentia and the foreign country.
- Extradition offence means an offence punishable by at least 12 months imprisonment.

The person is arrested and the magistrate considers bail
The magistrate in Ostentia issues a warrant for the arrest of the person. The arrest warrant is executed by the police.

Minister decides if the person should be surrendered
If the magistrate determines the person is ‘eligible for surrender’, or if the person consents to extradition, the Minister for Home Office decides whether to surrender the person.

Surrender and return of person
If a decision is made to surrender a person to a foreign country, the Ostentian Government Home Office liaises with the foreign country about the logistics for surrender.

Authorities from the foreign country escort the person to the foreign country.

If the person is not removed from Ostentia within two months from the surrender warrant being issued, the person can apply to the courts to be released.

Mutual Assistance

Ostentia needs to ensure that criminals cannot evade prosecution and confiscation action just because the evidence or proceeds of their crime are in different countries. This requires a responsive, streamlined mutual assistance system that effectively combats domestic and transnational crime, including terrorism, with appropriate safeguards.

Mutual assistance is the process countries use to provide and obtain formal government to government assistance in criminal investigations and prosecutions. Mutual assistance is also used to recover the proceeds of crime. Examples of common forms of mutual assistance are where:

- a person is accused of fraud and money laundering offences and the person’s bank account records are sought from financial institutions in a foreign country to assist with the investigation and possible prosecution of the person and/or to recover the money/proceeds of crime, or
- a key witness to a crime resides in a foreign country and a witness statement is sought from that person to assist with the criminal investigation and possible prosecution of an accused person.

Facts
 
Author: Sir William Buttersworth
Type: Government Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Extradition and Mutual Assistance Bill be passed into law."
Motion By: Sir William Buttersworth
Date: Made on 13/05/09, voted on 15/05/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 5, Nos: 3)
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Harvest Boon Act Amendment Act

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Harvest Boon Act of 2008 Amendment

IN ORDER TO maximize agricultural production without sacrificing quality or consumer safety, fair quotas are hereby enacted on all farms larger than twenty acres or employing five or more fieldhands, if smaller.

KNOWING THAT consumer safety is vitally important, restrictions are to be implemented in the use of certain fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides considered unsafe for human consumption.

AND ALSO implementing restrictions on the pasture density of livestock to ensure quality and reduce potential disease.

National Issue: Economy/Health/Environment
Cost: Negligible. Enforcement the same as original act.

Facts
 
Author: Farmer Bob
Type: Private Member Bill

Voting Record
 
Motion: "I move that the Harvest Boon Act of 2008 Amendment be passed into law."
Motion By: Farmer Bob
Date: Made on 10/05/09, voted on 19/05/09
Result: PASSED (Ayes: 4, Nos: 2)
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