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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 1 Hansard (28 April) . . Page.. 46 ..
MR BERRY (continuing):
(2) Omit paragraph (3), substitute the following paragraph:
Ã(3)(a) A Standing Committee for Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation be appointed;
(b) the Committee shall, with respect to any instrument of a legislative nature which is subject to disallowance and/or disapproval by the Assembly (including a regulation, rule or by-law) made under an Act, consider whether the instrument:
(i) is in accord with the general objects of the Act under which it is made;
(ii) unduly trespasses on rights previously established by law;
(iii) makes rights, liberties and/or obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decisions; or
(iv) contains matter which in the opinion of the Committee should properly be dealt with in an Act of the Legislative Assembly;
(c) the Committee shall, with respect to the clauses of bills introduced into the Assembly, consider whether such bills:
(i) unduly trespass on personal rights and liberties;
(ii) make rights, liberties and/or obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently defined administrative powers;
(iii) make rights, liberties and/or obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decision;
(iv) inappropriately delegate legislative powers; or
(v) insufficiently subject the exercise of legislative power to parliamentary scrutiny;
(d) the Committee shall consist of three members;
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