Page 989 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 31 March 1993
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SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION
Papers
MR BERRY (Deputy Chief Minister): Pursuant to section 6 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, I present subordinate legislation in accordance with the schedule of gazettal notices for determinations and regulations.
The schedule read as follows:
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act - Determination of fees - No. 27 of 1993 (S51, dated 30 March 1993).
Magistrates Court Act - Determination of fees - No. 28 of 1993 (S51, dated 30 March 1993).
Magistrates Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Act - Determination of fees - No. 29 of 1993 (S51, dated 30 March 1993).
Small Claims Act - Determination of fees - No. 30 of 1993 (S51, dated 30 March 1993).
Supreme Court Act - Supreme Court (Fees) Regulations (Amendment) - No. 13 of 1993 (S50, dated 30 March 1993).
LAW REVIEW PROGRAM
Paper and Ministerial Statement
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (3.02): Madam Speaker, for the information of members, I present a discussion paper entitled "Law Review Program - Audit of ACT and NSW Law Reform Initiatives". I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Madam Speaker, in October 1991 I tabled in the Assembly a report on legislation review which recommended a process for systematically identifying reform initiatives applicable in the ACT. The present report on audit of ACT and New South Wales law reform initiatives examines reform initiatives of the former Law Reform Commission of the ACT and those contained in the more recent reports of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission. It has been prepared by the Law Reform Unit of my department, following consultation with all relevant ACT agencies.
In the ACT our law has been particularly difficult to understand and use. Some of the existing law is no longer relevant to the interests and needs of Canberrans. At self-government, the ACT law consisted of a confused amalgam of imperial New South Wales and Commonwealth law. Little of the law had been subject to timely maintenance or met contemporary standards of consistency and accessibility. None had been passed by representatives of the people of Canberra. Many upheld outdated moral or social standards or operated inefficiently or ineffectively. Timely law reform review would have eliminated many of the problems of ACT law. Laws of quality might have been developed, monitored and updated.
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