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❓ Hon. Kate Doust questions the Minister for Finance regarding the lack of formal process for referring suspected false statutory declarations to the police within Building Management and Works, and seeks agreement on whether police referral could have acted as a deterrent. The Minister's answer indicates support for the report's recommendations and their implementation.

AnsweredQoN 242Legislative Council

Asked

13 August 2013

Member

Hon Kate Doust

Portfolio

Finance

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I refer the Minister to the Small Business Commissioner’s report into the Construction Subcontractor Investigation, page 44 to 45, and I ask: (a) why was there no formal process in place to refer a matter to the West Australian Police for action under the Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005 , at the time Building Management and Works became aware of suspected false and/or inaccurate statutory declarations; and (b) does the Minister agree with the report’s claim that “it is possible that referral to the police may have acted as a deterrent to other building contractors who later submitted potentially false statutory declarations”?

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Answered

15 October 2013

Responded by

Leader of the House representing the Minister for Finance

Response time

63 days

(a)-(b) Government supports all of the recommendations of the Report and they will be implemented. Planning for the implementation of the longer term recommendations is well progressed and will be completed shortly.

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