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For the information of members, the Pharmacy (Amendment) Bill 1993 is to be reintroduced, taking into account a number of amendments that have been raised, and the national consultation process on the issue of the credit laws is not yet finalised.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) (AMENDMENT) BILL
(NO. 4) 1993
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (8.03): Mr Deputy Speaker, I ask for leave to present the Land (Planning and Environment) (Amendment) Bill (No. 4) 1993.
Leave granted.
MR WOOD: Mr Deputy Speaker, I present the Land (Planning and Environment) (Amendment) Bill (No. 4) 1993.
Title read by Clerk.
MR WOOD: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
When I introduced the Territory Plan into the Assembly in June I advised that the Government supported the establishment of a Land and Planning Appeals Board. The Land (Planning and Environment) (Amendment) Bill (No. 4), which I introduce tonight, gives effect to this commitment. The proposal to establish an alternative review body to hear appeals under the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 and the Buildings (Design and Siting) Act 1967 comes from the inquiry of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure into the new Territory Plan. Presently, appeals under those Acts are heard by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. However, appeals are from the applicant for approval, a neighbour or a member of the local community, and the Government believes that the appropriate body to hear such appeals should be removed from the judicial process. We agreed with the committee.
During the course of the inquiry concerns were raised with the committee that the appeals process was too formal and costly, and that there were delays in finalising appeals. Costs due to delays are matters that concern the community, applicants and the Government. These are matters which could influence a person to proceed, or not to proceed, with an appeal. They may also affect a proposal being developed in the first place. The concerns that have been raised about the need for improved access and informality in the review and appeals process have been addressed in the proposed amendment to the Land Act.
Rather than discuss each of the provisions individually, I would like to address a number of key elements which highlight the non-legalistic and non-adversarial nature of the proposed Land and Planning Appeals Board. The establishment of the Land and Planning Appeals Board is, in part, based on the principles of informality and accessibility that were used in the development of the
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