Page 567 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 19 May 1992
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Canberra Theatre Trust (Amendment) Bill, clause 4, page 3, line 23, proposed subsection 22A(10) (definition of "designated group", paragraph (c)), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph: "(c) persons with physical or mental disabilities,".
Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill, clause 3, page 3, line 14, proposed subsection 68A(10) (definition of "designated group", paragraph (c)), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph: "(c) persons with physical or mental disabilities,".
National Exhibition Centre Trust (Amendment) Bill, clause 4, page 3, line 23, proposed subsection 18A(10) (definition of "designated group", paragraph (c)), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph: "(c) persons with physical or mental disabilities,".
Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) (Amendment) Bill, clause 3, page 2, line 14, proposed section 25C (definition of "designated group", paragraph (c)), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph: "(c) persons with physical or mental disabilities,".
Teaching Service (Amendment) Bill, page 2, line 18, paragraph 6(b) (proposed definition of "designated group", paragraph (c)), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph: "(c) persons with physical or mental disabilities,".
Fire Brigade (Administration) (Amendment) Bill, clause 4, page 2, line 19, (proposed definition of "designated group", paragraph (d)), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph: "(d) persons with physical or mental disabilities,".
Electricity and Water (Amendment) Bill, paragraph 4(e), page 2, line 28, (proposed definition of "designated group", paragraph (c)), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph: "(c) persons with physical or mental disabilities,".
Cemeteries (Amendment) Bill, clause 5, page 3, line 21, proposed subsection 19A(10) (definition of "designated group", paragraph (c)), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph: "(c) persons with physical or mental disabilities,".
I will speak to them briefly. Madam Speaker, the proposed amendments refer to people with physical or mental disabilities. The use of the word "mental" covers both people with mental illness and people with intellectual impairment. It is somewhat unfortunate that the word "mental" still covers both groups; nevertheless, its use is appropriate in this context. The use of these words as proposed in the amendments, while not conforming with the Discrimination Act 1991, conforms with other relevant legislation, and it is more appropriate to use them in the proposed amendments moved by the Attorney-General than the present words "persons who are physically or mentally disabled". While this is a subtle change of wording, it is an important one, as the emphasis is with the word "persons" rather than their disabilities.
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