Page 2382 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 22 June 1994
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The purpose of this amendment is to omit from paragraph 57(2)(b) the reference to the Legal Aid Commission and to put in a reference to the Director of Public Prosecutions. This is consequential on the passage of my first amendment, which changed the status of both of those bodies under this Bill.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 58 and 59, by leave, taken together
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (5.09), by leave: I move together amendments Nos 15, 16 and 17 circulated in my name. They are as follows:
15. Page 28, line 1, subclause 58(2), omit "The Commissioner", substitute "Subject to subsection 59(2), the Commissioner".
16. Page 28, lines 17 to 27, subclauses 58(5) and (6), omit the subclauses.
17. Page 28, line 28 to page 29, line 9, clause 59, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:
Application of subsection 58(2) to ACT Electricity and Water Authority and Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
"59. (1) The power of the Commissioner to give a direction under subsection 58(2) shall, in relation to the classification of an office, or a class of offices, in the staff of the Australian Capital Territory Electricity and Water Authority, be exercised by the Authority and any direction given by the Authority under that subsection shall be given to the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.
"(2) The Commissioner shall not give a direction under subsection 58(2) in relation to an office in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.".
These amendments relate to the reclassification of offices. Clause 58 is to be amended by omitting subclauses 58(5) and (6). These subclauses are to be reinserted as a new clause 59 to replace the existing clause 59, "Employment streams", which is to be removed as agreed in negotiations with unions. Madam Speaker, this approach will assist implementation of the legislation by avoiding extensive renumbering of the Bill. As to the removal of employment streams, Madam Speaker, we put that provision in on the original understanding that that was something which unions wanted. In the consultation process it became clear that that was not their will, so we are removing it.
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