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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (8 April) . . Page.. 655 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

I think is called the Argentine ant. That is a potentially very invasive pest insect and we would not necessarily wish to have to wait an extensive period of time while codes of practice were developed before moving to make a declaration. That is the effect of Ms Horodny's amendment No. 2, I believe.

I would urge members to be cautious about these amendments and not to form views about them until they have heard the full debate. I commend the Bill as a whole to the Assembly, but ask members to be careful about the concerns that are being expressed in these amendments.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Bill agreed to in principle.

Clause 1 agreed to.

Clause 2

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (11.08): Mr Speaker, I circulated the Government's amendments on a previous occasion. I assume they have been circulated again today. I move amendment No. 1 circulated in my name, which reads as follows:

Page 2, lines 1 to 6, subclauses (2) and (3), omit the subclauses, substitute the following subclause:

"(2) The remaining provisions commence immediately after section 77 of the Land (Planning and Environment) (Amendment) Act (No. 3) 1996 commences.".

I present the supplementary explanatory memorandum.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 3 agreed to.

Clause 4

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (11.10): I ask for leave to move together amendments Nos 2 and 3 circulated in my name.

Leave granted.

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