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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 4 Hansard (17 April) . . Page.. 990 ..

MRS CARNELL: Paragraphs (3) and (4) are not related, as I read them anyway, to the issue of the treatment of the dog in the hospital, or the doctors who are associated with it, or the other allegations that have come forward since then with regard to the performance of VMOs in this area. I suggest that we delete paragraphs (3) and (4) and add "that the Assembly, through the Minister, refer these allegations to the Commissioner for Health Complaints under section 11 of the Health Complaints Act".

Mr Berry: I do not agree with that and I will resist it.

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: We will put the amendments and then vote on them.

Mr Berry: She will have to seek leave to move the amendments, first of all.

MRS CARNELL: Okay. I seek leave to move the amendments.

Leave granted.

MRS CARNELL: I move the following amendments:

(1) Omit paragraphs (3) and (4).

(2) Add the following new paragraph (3):

"(3) that the Assembly, through the Minister for Health, refer the matter to the Commissioner for Health Complaints.".

MR BERRY (12.01): Madam Deputy Speaker - - -

Mr Moore: I raise a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I see that Mr Humphries has jumped to his feet. Mr Berry will close the debate.

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: No, he will not. He is speaking to the amendments now. We have a new question before the house.

MR BERRY: Madam Deputy Speaker, if that is the wish of all of the members of this Assembly and if this is something that the Health Complaints Commissioner is capable of dealing with in the context of the legislation, I would be quite content with that. There is no need to include that reference in this motion. All you have to do is offer it to the members as a solution. If they agree, that is good enough in the context of this motion.

Mr Moore: Mr Berry has said already that he will agree. I have said that I will agree. The numbers are there.

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