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Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail Stage
Clause 1
Motion (by Mr Moore) proposed:
That the debate be adjourned.
Question resolved in the negative.
Clause agreed to.
Clause 2 to 6, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clause 7
MR DUBY (Minister for Finance and Urban Services) (10.22): I move:
Page 4, line 11, add at the end of subclause (3) "within 7 days".
The reason for this amendment is to ensure the prompt return of the amended licence to the licensee and provide consistency of approach with subclause 8(3).
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 8 to 18, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clause 19
MR STEVENSON (10.23), by leave: I move:
Page 7, line 30, subclause (1), omit "40%", substitute "400%".
Page 7, line 34, subclause (2), omit "40%", substitute "400%".
The reason for these amendments is clear. If the Assembly is going to derive income from X-rated videos, then let us make it a decent income. The Chief Minister said in an interview that, if the video companies wished to exist, they could pay the tax or leave the Territory. A 40 per cent tax on wholesale is, of course, next to nothing. I am sure that the people in the industry will not mind that at all.
Mr Kaine: Not according to the industry.
MR STEVENSON: Once again, I think that, in the debates on the X-rated issue over some period of time, we have found
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