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Assembly committee. The fact is that the motion Mr Kaine moved required the Assembly to adopt the report as a whole. At no stage were the recommendations of that report put separately or seriatim, and at no stage did members of this Assembly have an opportunity to indicate their support or otherwise for the different recommendations.
I think it is quite untrue to say that the report has been rejected. Quite clearly, members support various parts of it and do not support other parts. One part of the report that is well supported is its handling of the whistleblower provisions. I am amazed to find at this late stage that the author of the report, Mr Kaine, now does not support those parts of the report. Indeed, I believe that the report's recommendation, which is to leave in place what is in the Bill while the Assembly's committee gets on with the job of attempting to draft something better, is a very sensible solution. I have confidence that a committee of this Assembly will be capable of performing that task and performing it in a timely fashion. I commend the Bill as it stands and I also commend these three amendments.
Amendments agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 237 to 240, by leave, taken together
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (5.56), by leave: I move the following amendments together:
81. Page 177, line 14, subclause 237(1), omit "subsection (2)", substitute "subsections (1A) and (2)".
82. Page 177, line 23, after subclause 237(1), insert the following subclause:
"(1A) Subsection (1) does not extend to a disclosure that would, apart from subsection (1), constitute an offence against subsection 92(2) of the Legal Aid Act 1977.".
83. Page 178, line 22, subclause 238(2), omit "subsection (3)", substitute "subsections (2A) and (3)".
84. Page 178, line 26, after subclause 238(2), insert the following subclause:
"(2A) Subsection (2) does not extend to a disclosure that would, apart from subsection (1), constitute an offence against subsection 92(2) of the Legal Aid Act 1977.".
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