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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (8 April) . . Page.. 656 ..

MR HUMPHRIES: I move:

Page 2, line 15, proposed definition of "pest animal", omit "254A(1)", substitute "254(1)".

Page 2, line 17, proposed definition of "pest plant", omit "254A(1)", substitute "254(1)".

I do not wish to speak to them, Mr Speaker.

Amendments agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Proposed new clauses 4A, 4B and 4C

MS HORODNY (11.10): I move amendment No. 1 circulated in my name, which seeks to insert new clauses 4A, 4B and 4C. It reads as follows:

Page 2, line 17, after clause 4, insert the following new clauses:

"Granting of leases

4A. Section 161 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsections:

`(4A) The Executive shall not grant a lease under this section for land to be used wholly or partly for rural purposes unless the lease includes a property management plan agreed to by the Conservator compliance with which is a condition of the lease.

Ô(4B) A property management plan in relation to a lease shall include a statement of any action necessary to be performed by the lessee -

(a) to protect and conserve native plants and animals on the land comprising the lease;

(b) to minimise the impact of any activity on that land on soil and water quality; and

(c) to control the propagation of pest animals or pest plants on that land.

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