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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4935 ..

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Bill agreed to in principle.

Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.

Bill agreed to.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO MEMBERS

Motion (by Mr Humphries) agreed to:

That leave of absence from 13 December 1996 to 17 February 1997 inclusive be given to all members.

LEGAL AFFAIRS - STANDING COMMITTEE
Membership

MR WHITECROSS (Leader of the Opposition) (12.23 am): Mr Speaker, pursuant to standing order 223, I move:

That Mr Whitecross be appointed to the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

ABSENCE OF SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (12.24 am): Mr Speaker, I ask for leave to move a motion relating to the absence of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker.

Leave granted.

MR HUMPHRIES: I move:

That:

(1) this Assembly authorises Mr Kaine, or in his absence Mr Wood, to perform the duties of Speaker for the period 26 December 1996 to 22 January 1997, during the absence of both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker from the Assembly.

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