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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 1 Hansard (28 April) . . Page.. 40 ..

MR OSBORNE (continuing):

(c) to inquire into any question in connection with the public accounts which is referred to it by the Assembly and to report to the Assembly on that question.

(3) The Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety also will perform the duties of a scrutiny of bills and subordinate legislation committee, specifically to consider whether:

(a) any instruments of a legislative nature which are subject to disallowance and/or disapproval by the Assembly (including a regulation, rule or by-law) made under an Act:

(i) meet the objectives of the Act under which it is made;

(ii) unduly trespass on rights previously established by law;

(iii) make rights, liberties and/or obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decisions; or

(iv) contain matter which should properly be dealt with in an Act of the Legislative Assembly;

(b) the explanatory statement meets the technical or stylistic standards expected by the Committee;

(c) clauses of bills introduced into the Assembly:

(i) do not unduly trespass on personal rights and liberties;

(ii) do not make rights, liberties and/or obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently defined administrative powers;

(iii) do not make rights, liberties and/or obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decisions;

(iv) inappropriately delegate legislative powers; or

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