Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . .

None . . Page.. 962 ..

(g) section 10 were omitted and the following section substituted:

Resignation

‘10. A member of the Board of Inquiry may resign as a member or as the Chairperson by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the Speaker.’;

(h) section 11 were omitted and the following section substituted:

Termination of appointment

‘11. A member of the Board of Inquiry ceases to be a member on ceasing to be a member of the Legislative Assembly.’;

(j) section 14 were omitted and the following section substituted:

Report of Board

‘14. (1) After completing the inquiry, a Board shall prepare a report of the inquiry.

‘(2) A member of the Board of Inquiry shall lay a copy of the report before the Legislative Assembly.

‘(3) As soon as practicable after laying the report before the Legislative Assembly, the Board of Inquiry shall commit any documents and things then in its possession to the custody of the Speaker for safe-keeping.’; and

(k) ‘the Chief Minister’ were omitted from section 37 and ‘the Speaker’ were substituted.”.

ACTEW is the single largest business entity in the ACT. It represents a huge investment to the community. It includes the dams, water pipes, electricity lines, buildings, sewerage works, intellectual property and so on. ACTEW's cumulative assets have huge value. If the ACT were ever to relinquish its ownership and control of the resources and assets which constitute ACTEW, it must be for very compelling reasons - reasons which the community as a whole have had a chance to comment on.

Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . .