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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (23 September) . . Page.. 3090 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

practising certificates. A registered foreign lawyer will not be able to practise domestic law. Letterhead and other documents relating to legal practice will have to make it clear that the practitioner may practise only foreign law. However, a foreign lawyer may practise in partnership with other locally registered foreign lawyers and domestic legal practitioners.

Mr Speaker, the Bill will encourage and facilitate the globalisation of legal services and the legal services sector by providing a framework for the regulation of the practice of foreign law in Australia by foreign qualified lawyers as a recognised aspect of legal practice in the Territory. I am confident that these amendments of the Legal Practitioners Act 1970 will be of significant benefit to both the legal profession and its users, the public. I commend the Bill to the Assembly.

Debate (on motion by Mr Wood) adjourned.

MR HUMPHRIES (Attorney-General) (11.01): Mr Speaker, I ask for leave to present the Liquor (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 1997.

Leave granted.

MR HUMPHRIES: I present the Liquor (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 1997, together with its explanatory memorandum.

Title read by Clerk.

MR HUMPHRIES: I move:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

This Bill amends the Liquor Act 1975 to permanently provide the capacity to impose trading hours restrictions. I am presenting to the Assembly a completely new Bill enabling trading hours restrictions, rather than making further amendments to Mr Osborne's Liquor (Amendment) Act 1996. Mr Osborne's legislation was termed in a manner which was appropriate for the temporary nature of the trial. This Bill proposes permanent amendment to the Liquor Act.

This Bill, similar to the Liquor (Amendment) Act 1996, enables the restriction of trading hours by regulation. This is a continuation of the system that was in place during the trial period. Any regulation restricting trading hours is a disallowable instrument and is subject to the consideration of the Assembly. This system also enables the making of regulations for exemption on specific days such as New Year's Day and Anzac Day,

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