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MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND PLANNING
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 489
Phillip Swimming and Ice Skating Centre
Mr Stefaniak - asked the Minister. for the Environment, Land and Planning
With regard to the proposed sale and subsequent releasing of the Phillip Pool and Ice Rink - Will the government give and undertaking to ensure that the new lessee maintains the ice skating facility at least in its present standard-and that it honour agreements made under the past lease with the current users of that facility.
Mr Wood - the answer to the Members question is as follows:
The present lessee, Glencora Pty Ltd, who paid for the construction of the ice skating rink, continues to occupy the premises under the terms of the original lease.
The lessee has requested a new 10 year lease to be granted under the terms of the original lease. The new 10 year lease has been offered to the lessee and the government is currently waiting for the lessee to execute the lease.
The new lease has.a. maintenance clause which specifically requires the lessee to maintain the centre and to keep it in repair. The Territory is able to specify to the lessee the work required to be done and should the specified work not be completed, then the Territory can complete the work and bill the lessee for the cost of the work done.
The Government is not aware of the agreements made between the lessee and users of the pool and the rink to which Mr Stefaniak refers, but the Government has no reason to believe that such agreements would not be honoured.
The Government assures the swimming and ice skating communities particularly, that it will complete the leasing of the centre in the best interests of the whole community and is looking forward to announcing the satisfactory completion df this matter in the near future.
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