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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (23 September) . . Page.. 3088 ..

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I move:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

I seek leave to have my presentation speech incorporated in Hansard.

Leave not granted.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1997 will amend the Legal Practitioners Act to omit the definition of "barrister and solicitor" and insert "legal practitioner" to mean a person whose name is on, or is to be taken to be on, the roll of legal practitioners. Many of the Acts of the Territory contain references to legal practitioners by a variety of terminology - "barrister and solicitor", "barrister", "counsel", "legal representative" or "solicitor". The Legal Practitioners (Consequential Amendments) Bill 1997 will amend the Interpretation Act 1967 to insert definitions of "legal practitioner", "barrister" and "solicitor" and will amend other Acts, regulations and rules in consequence of the change from the term "barrister and solicitor" to that of "legal practitioner".

Mr Berry, given your great desire to hear me read this speech, it would be a pity if you were not actually listening to what I have to say, I would have thought.

Ms McRae: Are you Mr Speaker now?

MR HUMPHRIES: I would have thought Mr Berry wanted to hear what I had to say.

Ms McRae: I think you should concentrate on reading your speech, Mr Humphries, and worry about yourself. Who is wasting time now?

MR HUMPHRIES: Obviously, you are Madam Speaker. Are you interested, Mr Berry, in what I have to say? You asked me to read it into Hansard.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

Ms McRae: I was listening very carefully. Please proceed.

MR HUMPHRIES: I certainly will, Ms McRae.

Where it would be appropriate, reference in legislation to "barrister and solicitor", "barrister", "counsel", "legal representative" or "solicitor" will be deleted and reference to "legal practitioner" substituted. I commend the Bill to the Assembly.

Debate (on motion by Mr Wood) adjourned.

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