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MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (4.11), in reply: Mr Speaker, I am pleased to see that there is little debate on this matter. It basically arises because the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act does not reflect the impact that modern medical technology, in particular invasive procedures, can have on modern life. The Coroners Act was amended in 1990 to reflect changes in the reporting of deaths to the coroner where invasive medical or diagnostic procedures had been involved, but that Coroners Act amendment cannot really commence until the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act is consequently amended.
This is really, in essence, a minor technical amendment which has been supported by all the government agencies. It is a bipartisan measure coming across from the change of government. I do not know whether I would endorse Mr Stefaniak's suggestion that an issue such as deaths in custody is a trendy issue. That aside, I am pleased that the Liberal Opposition is supporting this Bill which, although minor in nature, is of significance, and I wish it a speedy passage.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
ELECTRICITY AND WATER (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1991
[COGNATE BILLS:
WATER RATES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
SEWERAGE RATES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991]
Debate resumed from 12 September 1991, on motion by Mr Connolly:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR SPEAKER: Is it the wish of the Assembly to debate this order of the day concurrently with the Water Rates (Amendment) Bill 1991 and the Sewerage Rates (Amendment) Bill 1991? There being no objection, that course will be followed. I remind members that, in debating order of the day No. 3, they may also address their remarks to orders of the day No. 4 and No. 5.
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