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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 4986 ..

MRS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (5.36): Mr Speaker, we will be supporting Mr Berry's amendment. It is actually what the Government is doing at the moment. The amendment just makes the legislation more descriptive. We are happy to run with Mr Berry's amendment because we are interested in cooperation.

Amendment agreed to.

MR BERRY (Leader of the Opposition) (5.36): It may be worth putting a comment on the record so that anybody researching this in the future can understand what has happened. Including clause 8 in the motion which was moved by Minister Stefaniak earlier restores the words "Public Trading Enterprise" as they appear in clause 12A.

Clause 5, as amended, and clause 8 agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Motion (by Mr Moore) agreed to, with the concurrence of an absolute majority:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent Mr Moore from moving the motion to amend Instrument No. 267 of 1997 (in accordance with the Subordinate Laws Act 1989) that he has delivered to the Clerk, forthwith, and that this motion have precedence over all other business until any question relating to the motion has been resolved by the Assembly.

MR MOORE (5.38): I move:

That, pursuant to the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, the term of reference by the Minister for Urban Services for the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Commission to determine ACTEW Corporation's charges to apply from 1 July 1998 (Instrument No. 267 of 1997) made under the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Commission Act 1997 be amended by -

(a) omitting Requirement No. 1(b) in relation to the conduct of the investigation specified under section 16(1) of that Act;

and

(b) omitting Requirement No. 3 in relation to the conduct of the investigation specified under section 16(1) of that Act.

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