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Inquiries Act 1991 . . Page.. 961 ..

‘(7) For the purposes of subsection (6), the Inquiries Act 1991 applies as if -

(a) the following definition were inserted in subsection 3(1) after the definition of “premises”:

“Speaker” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.”;

(b) section 5 were omitted and the following sections substituted:

Appointment

‘5. (1) The Board of Inquiry shall consist of no less than 5 members of the Legislative Assembly appointed by the Speaker.

‘(2) In appointing a member for the purposes of subsection (1), the Speaker shall ensure that, as far as practicable, the political affiliation of the members fairly reflects the political composition of the Legislative Assembly.

Subject matter of inquiry

‘5A. The Board of Inquiry shall inquire into the potential social, environmental and economic impacts resulting from a share in ACTEW Corporation Limited not being held in trust for the Territory.’;

(c) subsection 6(1) were omitted and the following subsection substituted:

‘(1) The members of the Board of Inquiry shall appoint 1 of their number to be Chairperson.’;

(d) ‘the Executive’ were omitted from subsection (3) and ‘the remaining members of the Board of Inquiry’ were substituted;

(e) sections 7 and 8 were omitted;

(f) ‘to the Chief Minister’ were omitted from section 9;

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