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APPENDIX 3:

(Incorporated in Hansard on 24 August 1994 at page 2657)

COMMERCIAL AND TENANCY TRIBUNAL BILL

Madam Speaker, this Bill reflects timely recognition by the government of the apparent deterioration of the relationship between some landlords and their commercial and retail tenants in the ACT. I understand from the Ministers Presentation Speech, and subsequent briefings, that the ACT is not unique in this regard and that other Australian jurisdictions have enacted legislation in this area in an attempt to provide a more equitable balance between the rights of tenants and those of landlords. The high proportion of ACT retail outlets in large shopping centres, coupled with the major changes to retailing patterns and practices in shopping centres around Australia which include 24 hour shopping and changes to the retailing mix in these centres, makes the appropriate protection of commercial and retail tenants in the ACT even more important than in other Australian capital cities.

It is regrettable that this Bill is needed at all, Madam Speaker. It is reasonable to assume that the vast majority of transactions that occur between landlords and tenants are without dispute

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