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Mr De Domenico's suggestion that the consultative body that we are working on might act as a filter for appeals is something that we welcome and will look at very carefully. It is the Government's overall policy that we launched with the Law Society that we should mediate before we go into a general dispute. It may well be that this consultative body could be the appropriate forum for mediating a lot of the minor procedural disputes about licences that arise from time to time, at lower cost and greater speed. It is a sensible suggestion and we will look at it very carefully. I thank members for their support.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail Stage
Bill, by leave, taken as a whole
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services) (10.24), by leave: Madam Speaker, I move:
Clause 14, page 7, line 4, after proposed new subsection 28A(1), insert the following new subsection:
"(1A) In considering whether or not to grant a licence under subsection (1), the Registrar shall have regard to whether a private hire car can be operated to provide the services that could be provided by the operation of the vehicle to which the application relates.".
Clause 15, page 9, lines 30 to 33, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:
Licences for the carriage of visitors to the Territory
15. Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by omitting from subsections (1) and (4) "tourists" and substituting "sightseers"; and
(b) by omitting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsection:
"(6) In this section, a reference to the carriage of sightseers shall be read as a reference to the carriage of persons on a sightseeing tour.".
I present a supplementary explanatory memorandum.
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