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The regulations will pick up those industry codes which have been approved by the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council of Ministers responsible for the environment. The ACT legislation has also been developed in consultation with ACT government agencies and local industry and has their support.
Fees will be set for any licences granted under the legislation. These will be kept as low as possible so as not to place workers in the industry at a disadvantage. I do not expect that additional resources will be required to administer the Bill, which is expected to be budget neutral, with costs being absorbed within existing budgets and through levying of fees for licences.
Mr Speaker, it is timely that this Government introduce the Ozone Protection Bill during National Skin Cancer Awareness Week. This legislation will enable Australia to continue to pressure internationally for worldwide controls on ozone depleting substances and so protect our environment and our public health. I am proud to bring this Bill before the house. Mr Speaker, I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Humphries) adjourned.
TERRITORY OWNED CORPORATIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.48): Mr Speaker, on behalf of the Treasurer, I present the Territory Owned Corporations (Amendment) Bill 1991. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Mr Speaker, the Follett Labor Government has undertaken a detailed examination of the previous Government's proposals to corporatise Totalcare Industries and the ACT Electricity and Water Authority. We are still considering the appropriate future structure for ACTEW, but I am pleased to announce today legislation which will establish Totalcare Industries Ltd in a corporate form.
The decision to corporatise Totalcare has been taken by the Labor Government in the light of the commercial nature of the company's operations, the level of competition which it experiences in the marketplace and the need to place it on a similar footing with its competitors. Corporatisation will allow the former Health Services Supply Centre to operate more effectively and seek and win new business. Totalcare will concentrate on providing laundry, sterilisation and waste management services and will be well placed to explore new market opportunities. If it is able to capture these new markets it will be able to take advantage of significant economies of scale.
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