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MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer): Madam Speaker, I seek leave to make a statement under standing order 46.
Leave granted.
MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, in the course of the last debate the statement was made that I had been offered a position in the Alliance's collegiate government. I want to correct that impression. I was aware, of course, of Mr Kaine's intention of forming a collegiate government. I am aware, of course, of his alliance with certain other parties in this Assembly. But I was not offered a position in that government.
SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION -
STANDING COMMITTEE
Report and Statement
MRS GRASSBY: I present Report No. 4 of 1992 of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation and I seek leave to make a brief statement on the report.
Leave granted.
MRS GRASSBY: The report that I have just presented contains the committee's comments on the Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 1992, and I commend the report to the Assembly.
STATUTE LAW REVISION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 1992
Debate resumed from 19 May 1992 on motion by Mr Connolly:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR HUMPHRIES (11.32): Madam Speaker, earlier today we referred to rushing things, and I think that in many respects this Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is a good example of what we were talking about. It is a piece of legislation which, admittedly, is designed to respond to a problem which was created last year when legislation was again arguably rushed through this house. The legislation, I think, was sponsored by the Residents Rally at the time, which might explain partly why that happened. Nonetheless, at the time it was rushed and given inadequate consideration by this Assembly. That is a matter of great regret. We are now, in a sense, doing the same thing again. We are considering, with perhaps a little too much haste, the sort of legislation that ought to be more carefully examined. There are many provisions in this legislation - I think, in the vicinity of, effectively, 300-odd separate amendments to ACT legislation - and a great range of legislation as well.
This Bill was introduced into the Assembly on Tuesday this week, and it is before us now for passage into law. I admit that the Attorney-General was kind enough to supply me with a copy of the Bill a few days before Tuesday. I am grateful for that; it enabled me to go through the provisions of this Bill. Even so, the Bill is being passed into law only six days after it was first seen by me. I must say,
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