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MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) (AMENDMENT) BILL
(NO. 2) 1993
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.56): Madam Speaker, I present the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1993.
Title read by Clerk.
MR CONNOLLY: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1993 will amend the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 as a consequence of the amendments made by the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Bill 1993. The Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 provides powers to examine for the presence of alcohol or drugs the breath or blood of persons who drive motor vehicles. The Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1993 will remove the isolated traffic infringement notice penalty contained in paragraph 26A(f), dealing with blood alcohol levels of between .05 and .08, and place it in the Motor Traffic Regulations. The inclusion of this TIN penalty in the regulations will enable changes to be made more cost-effectively and ensure that all TIN penalties are located together. Madam Speaker, I present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Humphries) adjourned.
SOCIAL POLICY - STANDING COMMITTEE
Reference - ACT Housing Trust
Debate resumed from 25 March 1993, on motion by Mr Cornwell:
That the Standing Committee on Social Policy of this Assembly conduct an inquiry into the operations of the ACT Housing Trust.
MS SZUTY (10.58): Madam Speaker, I have spent some considerable time examining the case for an inquiry by the ACT Legislative Assembly Social Policy Committee into the operations of the ACT Housing Trust, as proposed by Mr Cornwell. I have read the briefing papers Mr Cornwell has provided me with, including his summary of the information and the conclusions he has drawn from that summary; the appendices, which include questions he has placed on the notice paper and the Minister's answers to those questions; and also relevant Canberra Times articles over several months in which Mr Cornwell has raised a number of issues. I have also read detailed briefing notes from the Minister, Mr Connolly, provided to me in response to Mr Cornwell's concerns about the operations of the ACT Housing Trust.
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