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POISONS AND DRUGS (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 3) 1994
Debate resumed from 10 November 1994, on motion by Mr Connolly:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MRS CARNELL (Leader of the Opposition) (5.19): Madam Speaker, the Opposition will be supporting the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 1994. Up until now the uniform scheduling of poisons and drugs in Australia has been facilitated by the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee, as recommended and published by the National Health and Medical Research Council. This housekeeping Bill amends the principal Act, the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978, so as to reflect the fact that the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee now comes under the auspices of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council. The first standard published under the Health Ministers Advisory Council will be effective as of 18 December 1994. Madam Speaker, this amendment Bill will ensure that the scheduling of drugs and poisons in the ACT reflects this change and remains up to date, and the Opposition certainly supports this move.
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General and Minister for Health) (5.20), in reply: I thank the Opposition for their support.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COUNCIL BILL 1994
Debate resumed from 10 November 1994, on motion by Mr Wood:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR STEFANIAK (5.21): This Bill represents legislation that will go a long way, when the whole process between the Commonwealth and the States is up and running, towards national environmental legislation and uniformity, and I think that is terribly important. It has been around for a while. The agreement, I think, was signed in 1992. I see that South Australia has enacted a Bill in the last few weeks, and the ACT has introduced this Bill.
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