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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (10 April) . . Page.. 901 ..

MS HORODNY (continuing):

(b) the Minister is satisfied that the lessee or occupier is giving effect to the agreement.'.".

This amendment alters the proposed amendments to section 256 of the Land Act to require the Minister to consult with the Conservator when considering an application for an order relating to a pest plant or pest animal. The Conservator is currently consulted on other aspects of land administration such as variations to the Territory Plan, so I see no reason why the Conservator should not be formally involved in the declaration of pests.

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (4.11): Mr Speaker, as a matter of practice, the Conservator would be consulted before any order was issued or any declaration was made. In the sense that this amendment regularises a practice, I have no particular objection to it, and I support it.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 7 agreed to.

Clause 8

MS HORODNY (4.12): I move:

Page 3, line 21, proposed item 11, Schedule 5, omit "10", substitute "50".

Mr Speaker, this amendment increases the penalty for non-compliance with an order relating to the control of a pest animal or pest plant from 10 to 50 penalty units. This is in line with penalties relating to other orders in Schedule 5.

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (4.12): Mr Speaker, I do not have a particular objection to this amendment. The heavier penalty is not inappropriate in terms of the other provisions in the Schedule, and I therefore do not oppose it.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 9 and 10, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.

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