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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3354 ..
MRS CARNELL (continuing):
I would like to apologise to Mr Berry for his not getting the amendments any earlier than he did. As Mr Moore said, they were the outcome of the round table process. They were all agreed to at that process, but I would like him to have got those earlier. There is nothing in them that is going to surprise him; they were part of that consultation process.
This is cutting-edge legislation. It puts our Public Health Bill at the front of public health Bills in Australia rather than at the back. I think that is an exciting way to go. With regard to Ms Tucker's amendments, the Government will not be opposing them; so, with a bit of luck, we will end up with a fairly reasonable approach from here. I commend the Bill to the Assembly.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Clauses 1 to 87, by leave, taken together
MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Minister for Health and Community Care) (5.53): I seek leave to move together the six amendments circulated in my name.
Leave granted.
MRS CARNELL: I move:
Page 2, line 16, clause 4, paragraph (b), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:
"(b) through the monitoring of health indicators, to provide the public with information about the health of the population and to design and implement appropriate policies and programs for the maintenance and improvement of the population's health;".
Page 6, line 24, clause 7, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:
"Chief Health Officer
7. (1) The Minister shall, by instrument, appoint a person to be the Chief Health Officer.
(2) The Chief Health Officer shall be Ã
(a) a public servant; and
(b) a medical practitioner.
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