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I have noted the days of 25 February, 1 April, 20 May, 19 August, 21 October and 9 December as days on which the Assembly might meet, rather than days on which it will meet. That gives the Government flexibility and would allow the committees extra days, if required, to take up that extra workload. I am not putting this forward as an amendment. I do not think anything is required at this time. The Government may like to take that as a suggestion and make that small adjustment instead of promulgating all these as firm scheduled sitting days of the Assembly. I have not discussed this with the Government until now.
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister) (4.16), in reply: All that I can do is note what the Leader of the Opposition has said.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
BUILDINGS (DESIGN AND SITING) (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1992
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (4.17): Mr Deputy Speaker, I present the Buildings (Design and Siting) (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1992.
Title read by Clerk.
MR WOOD: Mr Deputy Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
In August this year this Assembly passed legislation to amend the Building Act 1972 so that certain prescribed minor building works may be exempted from the requirements for plan approval, building permits and issue of certificates of occupancy and use. These exemptions are part of the process of deregulating those building activities where building controls are considered unnecessary. So that these prescribed minor building works are fully exempted from building control, it is necessary to exempt them from the need to obtain design and siting approval under the Buildings (Design and Siting) Act 1964.
The Government has received legal advice that, although the design and siting Act provides the Executive with powers to make regulations for design and siting purposes, these powers may not go far enough to allow the making of regulations to exempt buildings and structures from the need to obtain design and siting approval. This Bill, therefore, amends the Buildings (Design and Siting) Act to specifically provide the power to make regulations in relation to exempting certain buildings and structures from requiring design and siting approval. I commend the Bill to the Assembly and present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Kaine) adjourned.
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