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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 8 Hansard (26 June) . . Page.. 2211 ..

Clauses 1 to 6, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.

Clause 7

MS TUCKER (5.55): I ask for leave to move amendments Nos 1 to 3 together.

Leave granted.

MS TUCKER: I move:

Page 3, line 22, paragraph (1)(d), after "facilities" insert "(including community facilities)".

Page 3, line 31, paragraph (2)(a), omit "and".

Page 3, line 32, subclause (2), add the following paragraphs and subclause:

"(c) in consultation with residents of the Territory and, in particular, of Gungahlin;

(d) in a manner that exhibits a sense of social responsibility by having regard to the interests of the community in which it operates; and

(e) where its activities affect the environment - in compliance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

"(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(e), ecologically sustainable development is to be taken to require the effective integration of economic and environmental considerations in decision-making processes and to be achievable through implementation of the following principles:

(a) the precautionary principle, namely, that if there is a threat of serious or irreversible environmental damage, a lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation;

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