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management in the ACT. While we have a relatively high-quality environment, we still have problems which need to be addressed. The Government will not be complacent in considering a long-term strategy for environmental management. The commissioner will play a major role in assisting the Government to meet our responsibilities in this area.
Madam Speaker, this is a significant Bill in that the ACT will be playing a leading role in Australia by passing legislation to establish a Commissioner for the Environment. I commend the Bill to the Assembly and present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Westende) adjourned.
OMBUDSMAN (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (10.52): Madam Speaker, I present the Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 1993.
Title read by Clerk.
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The establishment of the Commissioner for the Environment necessitates some consequential amendments to the Ombudsman Act 1989. The Bill provides these amendments. I commend the Bill to the Assembly and present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Westende) adjourned.
LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS)
(AMENDMENT) BILL 1993
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.53): Madam Speaker, I present the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 1993.
Title read by Clerk.
MR CONNOLLY: Madam Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The purpose of this Bill is to remove a restriction that presently limits the civil jurisdiction of the Magistrates Court. In its civil jurisdiction the Magistrates Court is able to hear and determine personal actions at law where the amount claimed does not exceed $50,000. Where a greater amount is claimed the action must be brought in the Supreme Court. However, one type of civil action is specifically excluded from the Magistrates Court's civil jurisdiction even where the amount claimed is less than $50,000, and that is an action for damages for injury resulting from mental or nervous shock.
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