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OZONE PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993
Debate resumed from 19 August 1993, on motion by Mr Wood:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR WESTENDE (4.24): We on this side of the house support the latest amendment to this Act. This Bill, as it stands at present, provides for the renewal, on an annual basis, of three types of licences. These are the wholesale licence, which controls bulk storage, supply and recycling of CFCs; the business licence, which allows for the purchase, storage and selling of CFCs; and the service licence, for the purpose of servicing items containing CFCs wherein a person is required to have trade qualifications and to have satisfactorily completed an approved ozone awareness course.
We have had consultations regarding the amendment with various companies dealing with air-conditioning units and refrigerators, and they expressed their full support for the granting of indefinite licences and the imposition of an equitable licence fee. The Minister has briefed us on the implications of the amendment and we commend his efforts in this area. As we find it an eminently suitable piece of legislation, we support the amendment to the Act.
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (4.26), in reply: Madam Speaker, I thank Mr Westende for his support. It is a simple matter. I will let the Assembly get on with it.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) 1993
Debate resumed from 25 March 1993, on motion by Mr Connolly:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR HUMPHRIES (4.26): Madam Speaker, the Evidence (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1993 is a machinery Bill. In effect, it amends the Evidence Act to recognise its new status as a Territory law rather than a Commonwealth ordinance. It takes out a lot of sexist language and makes it gender neutral. I must say, Madam Speaker, that if it were not for all that nasty sexist language in legislation we would have far fewer Bills passing through the Assembly. We have that to thank for keeping us here late into the afternoon.
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