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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (24 June) . . Page.. 1977 ..

MR KAINE (continuing):

Furthermore, members will be aware that there is a strong likelihood that section 41 will be redeveloped in the future. My officers felt that it was not a good thing to spend a considerable amount of money to upgrade the taxi rank, which would then be demolished in the construction work at section 41. The response, that they might prefer to pay for it themselves and get it quicker, is not unusual, Mr Speaker. Where requests for changes to line marking, signposting and the like are not safety related but deliver a specific benefit to the requesting organisation - in this case, Aerial Taxis - the department does permit the organisation to exercise the option of paying for the work to expedite its implementation. This is not unusual. A number of businesses, diplomatic missions and ACTION have all done so. They have done this work at their own expense because it was in their own interests to do so. So, it was a quite reasonable response, I believe, under the circumstances.

I believe that my departmental officers exercise due discretion to make sure that the limited amount of money they have is spent to the best advantage, noting, Mr Speaker, that as of this moment the department holds a quite large number of uncosted requests of a similar nature, the total cost of which, if costed, I am sure, would run to hundreds of thousands of dollars. How could we simply jump the queue on all of those for Aerial Cabs, for a request on short notice? I think it was a reasonable request, but the response from the department was equally reasonable.

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General): Pursuant to section 6 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, I present subordinate legislation in accordance with the schedule of gazettal notices for determinations and instruments of appointment.

The schedule read as follows:

Clinical Waste Act - Determination of fees - No. 103 of 1997 (S165, dated 12 June 1997).

Consumer Credit (Administration) Act - Instruments of appointment to the ACT Credit Tribunal -

No. 85 of 1997 (S147, dated 28 May 1997).

No. 86 of 1997 (S147, dated 28 May 1997).

No. 87 of 1997 (S147, dated 28 May 1997).

No. 88 of 1997 (S147, dated 28 May 1997).

Dangerous Goods Act - Determination of fees - No. 104 of 1997 (S165, dated 12 June 1997).

Firearms Act - Determination of fees - No. 79 of 1997 (S138, dated 19 May 1997).

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