Thank you.
My amendments do two things. This looks like a lot of amendments, but essentially they're simply doing a bit of surgery on the bill.
It does two things: it accepts the principle that we are enacting a new criminal offence, motor vehicle theft; it then removes all aspects of mandatory minimum punishments; and it retains a conviction by indictment or a conviction punishable on summary conviction.
The sentence that would be there for a conviction by indictment would be a ten-year maximum, and the sentence that would be there for a summary conviction would be a two-year maximum. There is no option of a fine.
My bill would delete all of the proposed subsections that are now shown on page 2. All of that would be deleted; that's what those amendments do.
I point out that under section 734 of the Code, the court is always empowered to impose a fine as an option, if so advised. Again, my amendments take away all of the mandatory minimum procedures.
I'm prepared to move this whenever. Maybe the other parties or individuals would want to explain their amendments.