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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 12 Hansard (11 November) . . Page.. 3970 ..

MR MOORE (6.09): Mr Speaker, I move:

Page 6, line 2, clause 7, after subclause (4), add the following new subclause:

"(5) An instrument under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.".

As I indicated in the in-principle stage of the Bill, Mr Speaker, this is just to ensure that any instrument giving directions to the board in relation to the performance of its functions and made by the Minister is subject to review by the Assembly.

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Training) (6.10): The Government will be supporting that amendment, as I indicated earlier, Mr Speaker.

MS McRAE (6.10): The Opposition also will be supporting that amendment. It is a sensible measure. It makes it completely clear that this is not a board that is there to be directed by the Minister. It makes it an absolutely open process then for the Assembly to review.

Amendment agreed to.

Clauses, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 8

Amendment (by Mr Stefaniak) agreed to:

Page 6, line 21, paragraph (1)(i), after "Secondary" insert "College".

MS McRAE (6.11): I move:

Page 6, lines 28 and 29, paragraph (1)(m), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

"(m) 1 person appointed after consultation with the ACT Trades and Labour Council;".

I have spoken already about this amendment. It is to put in a representative of the TLC to represent TLC interests. Mr Stefaniak mentioned in his speech that the Independent Education Union had sought a place on the board and it had been suggested at one point or another that the IEU nominee may well be the nominee of the TLC. I do not think it is for us to anticipate whom the TLC will nominate. As Mr Moore says, it will come past an Assembly committee anyway. It has to have the verification of the Minister in the long run.

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