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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (2 September) . . Page.. 2778 ..

MR TEMPORARY DEPUTY SPEAKER: I have received a letter from Mr Moore withdrawing the matter of public importance that he had submitted for discussion this day.

MR WOOD: I present Report No. 11 of 1997 of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation. I ask for leave to make a brief statement.

Leave granted.

MR WOOD: Report No. 11 of 1997 contains the committee's comments on five Bills and 46 pieces of subordinate legislation. I commend the report to the Assembly.

MR WOOD: I ask for leave to present a report by the delegation to the delegated legislation and scrutiny conferences held in Adelaide from 16 to 18 July 1997 and to make a brief statement on the report.

Leave granted.

MR WOOD: I present Report No. 12 of 1997 of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation, which is the delegation's report on the Sixth Australasian and Pacific Conference on Delegated Legislation and the Third Australasian and Pacific Conference on the Scrutiny of Bills. The conference was held in mid-July. Mr Hird and I were able to be there with the committee secretary, Tom Duncan, and Professor Whalan, our legal adviser. Among the topics discussed were: The role of parliament and scrutiny committees in the protection of rights; party politics and human rights; regulatory reform and the use of alternative compliance mechanisms; recent developments in delegated legislation; and the scrutiny of national schemes of legislation.

I presented a paper on performance indicators and took part in the lively discussion it prompted. There was sufficient interest in the topic for it to be listed for further discussion at the next conference in Sydney. I should acknowledge the work of Mr Duncan in the preparation of the paper. A number of other papers were presented to the conference on the topics I have indicated. Members of this Assembly will be pleased to hear that participants from States and Territories were also keenly interested in the proceedings and provided lively debate throughout.

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