Page 4870 - Week 16 - Tuesday, 26 November 1991
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MR CONNOLLY: I am advised that when schools hire a bus for an excursion they are asked how many children will be going and they are given a bus that meets that safety standard. So, schools are told the safety standard which - - -
Mr Humphries: There is supposed to be a maximum number of kids it can carry?
MR CONNOLLY: Yes, 43 seated plus 22 standing, making a total of 65 persons for a rigid bus, and the other figures I gave for articulated buses.
Mr Wood: They normally do not stand on excursions.
Mr Humphries: That is the point I am getting at. He is saying otherwise.
MR CONNOLLY: Normally, one would expect that the children would have seats. That is expected. But they are the safety standards, which are conservative by - - -
Mr Humphries: There is a lower capacity for hire buses?
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Humphries, please!
MR CONNOLLY: There is a safety standard. The schools are told what the seating capacity is. I would be happy to make officers available to take Mr Humphries through this in greater detail - even to take him for a ride on a bus, if he would like.
Asbestos Removal
MR JENSEN: Can the Minister for Urban Services advise what provisions are in the contracts for asbestos removal from residences in the ACT to protect and compensate residents for damage caused during the asbestos removal process? Will the Minister table the contracts in the Assembly or at least make them available for public inspection, particularly those sections relating to compensation to house owners?
MR CONNOLLY: I certainly have not got the contracts with me. I can see no difficulty in providing such contract information to the Assembly. Generally speaking, persons are compensated. Occasionally there are disputes with individuals who feel that their garden, pet or what have you is subjected to inappropriate treatment. The policy is that the department goes in and does the work or has the work contracted and the people come back into the house. Their house ought to be in the condition it was in when they left.
Mr Moore: Minus the asbestos, of course.
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