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The Supply Bill details the programs within the structure of the administrative arrangements orders. However, there are some changes in program order from that presented in the 1993-94 program structure as a result of the creation of the new Department of Public Administration and Bureau of Sport, Recreation and Racing. In addition, the higher education and training program has been renamed to training to reflect the transfer of the higher education component to government schooling. The estimates also reflect a transfer of responsibility for accommodation services from the former government corporate services program to the corporate development for the Department of Urban Services program.
The Supply Bill provides for two new trust accounts, being the Sport and Recreation Programs Facilities Trust Account and the ACT Health Special Purpose Funds Trust Account, which are expected to become operational during the supply period. I now present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mr Kaine) adjourned.
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL AND
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1994
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (10.34): I present the Public Sector Management (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 1994.
Title read by Clerk.
MS FOLLETT: Mr Deputy Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Mr Deputy Speaker, this Bill complements the Public Sector Management Bill 1994 and completes the package of primary legislation necessary for the establishment of a separate ACT public service. The Bill makes certain transitional arrangements in consequence of the enactment of the Public Sector Management Bill and amends various Territory laws consequent upon the establishment of the new service. In particular, the Bill amends previous Territory employment legislation to require that staff of various statutory authorities and the staff assisting various statutory office holders be members of the new Australian Capital Territory Government Service. Examples of authorities affected by these changes are ACT Electricity and Water and the Canberra Theatre Trust.
There are two authorities I should mention at this point because of their particular circumstances. The first is the ACT Totalizator Administration Board, or ACTTAB, as it is known. The Bill includes clauses to bring ACTTAB staff into the new service in the same way as the staff of other authorities. However, because of Professor Pearce's current inquiry into matters connected with ACTTAB, the Government proposes that provisions relating to that organisation will commence on 1 January 1995. This will allow the Government to study any recommendations Professor Pearce might make affecting the administration of ACTTAB.
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