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he Assembly voted -

AYES, 5  NOES, 12

Mr Humphries Mr Berry
Mr Kaine Mr Collaery
Mrs Nolan Mr Duby
Mr Stefaniak Ms Follett
Mr Stevenson Mrs Grassby
 Mr Jensen
 Dr Kinloch
 Ms Maher
 Mr Moore
 Mr Prowse
 Mr Whalan
 Mr Wood

Question so resolved in the negative.

Schedule agreed to.

MR WHALAN (Minister for Industry, Employment and Education), by leave: Clause 79 relates to a body or person declared by the regulations to be the reviewing authority. I would like to table the following documents:

Letters from -

Federal Minister for the Arts and Territories to the Federal Minister for Industrial Relations, dated 9 May 1989.

Federal Minister for Industrial Relations to the ACT Minister for Industry, Employment and Education, dated 10 July 1989.

Federal Minister for Industrial Relations to the President, Australian Industrial Relations Commission, dated 10 July 1989.

That exchange of correspondence is the basis upon which the Minister for Industrial Relations was invited to agree to approach the Industrial Relations Commission to have that body appointed the reviewing authority for the purposes of the Act. His agreement to that approach and his then letter to the president of the Industrial Relations Commission are also included.

We are awaiting a reply from the president of the Industrial Relations Commission. We anticipate that there will be no difficulty with that as the president of the Industrial Relations Commission has already agreed to act in this capacity as the reviewing body for the purposes of the Commonwealth occupational health and safety legislation.

I now refer to clause 97. The regulation making power of this legislation is quite comprehensive. The Government acknowledges the concern of Mr Collaery in relation to this part of the legislation and has undertaken to review further this question of regulation making powers under


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