Page 2377 - Week 08 - Thursday, 7 June 1990

APPENDIX 1

(Incorporated in Hansard on 7 June 1990 at page 2317

MR SPEAKER, I SEEK LEAVE TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

BY LEAVE, MR SPEAKER, IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO TABLE THE DRAFT

LAND (LEASES AND MANAGEMENT) BILL 1990, TOGETHER WITH AN

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BILL.

THE TABLING OF THIS BILL MARKS THE FINAL STAGE IN THE PROGRESSIVE

RELEASE OF THE GOVERNMENTS DRAFT PLANNING AND LAND USE

LEGISLATION. THIS PROCESS COMMENCED WITH THE TABLING OF THE

DRAFT PLANNING AND HERITAGE BILLS AND CONTINUED WITH THE

PROGRESSIVE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND

INQUIRIES BILL AND REGULATIONS AND THE LAND USE (APPROVALS AND

ORDERS) BILL.

THE RELEASE OF THE LAND (LEASES AND MANAGEMENT) BILL FACILITATES

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTEGRATED AND TRANSPARENT PLANNING AND

LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE A.C.T. WHICH MEETS THE STANDARDS

REQUIRED OF US BY THE COMMONWEALTH SELF GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION

AND IN PARTICULAR THE A.C.T. (PLANNING AND LAND MANAGEMENT)

ACT