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THE Senate meets at 1.30 pm on January 20 to debate three bills which the House of Representatives had debated on January 16 at 1.30 pm to January 17 at 3.32 am.

The first is the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2026 which gives drivers three or seven days to fix vehicle defects, after which any fixed penalty warning issued by a police officer to an errant driver converts into a penalty notice if the driver has not complied, but with compliance will be expunged.

The bill was passed by 27 votes "for" and 11 votes "against" previously. As in the House, in the Senate Attorney General John Jeremie will pilot the bill.