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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 4876 ..

MS TUCKER (continuing):

I agree with Mr Moore; I think it is very bad to actually have this in legislation. If this impact statement has been done, why is it necessary to refer to it in this piece of legislation? Anyway, I will support it as a measure of our cooperative approach and give the industry an opportunity to actually find out that this is in its interests as much as in anybody else's and as much as it is in the environment's interests. What is shown quite clearly is that there are going to be as many jobs for the building industry in retrofitting buildings. The job multiplier of money invested and jobs for building a new building and jobs for retrofitting a building is the same. So, what I hope that an industry impact analysis will show industry is that it does not need to be afraid of this; that it is really good for everybody.

Clause agreed to.

Clauses 4 to 7, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.

Title agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 1

Debate resumed.

Clause agreed to.

Clause 2

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister) (5.33): Mr Speaker, on behalf of Mr Humphries, I move:

Page 1, line 9, subclauses (2) and (3), omit the subclauses, substitute the following subclause:

"(2) The remaining provisions commence on the
day on which the provisions of the Energy Efficiency Ratings (Sale of Premises) Act 1997, other than sections 1 and 2, commence.".

This is a commencement clause, to make the commencement the same as that in the Energy Efficiency Ratings (Sale of Premises) Bill that we just passed. It was, of course, amended by Ms Tucker to 12 months. This amendment still makes sense.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

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