Mr. Chair, just to explain technically why that particular offence isn't in the list, Parliament, in creating the offence under section 100, provided that the person who committed it would be liable to imprisonment for seven years. Once again, that goes back to the objective gravity of the offence criterion.
I should just point out, in case members are not aware, that this scheme is meant to exclude minor offences. “Serious offence” is a defined term in section 2 of the act. It provides for “an offence under this Act or an indictable offence under any other Act of Parliament, for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment for five years or more”. So in the terms of the NDA itself, by definition section 100 deals with a serious offence.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.