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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 10 Hansard (24 November) . . Page.. 2814 ..

MS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (4.16), in reply: I thank members for their support on this very sensible piece of legislation.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Bill agreed to in principle.

Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.

Bill agreed to.

Debate resumed from 21 May 1998, on motion by Mr Smyth:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

Debate (on motion by Mr Corbell) adjourned.

Debate resumed from 29 October 1998, on motion by Ms Carnell:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

Debate (on motion by Mr Corbell) adjourned.

Debate resumed from 29 October 1998, on motion by Mr Humphries:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition) (4.18): This is a very straightforward Bill that provides for a national cooperative scheme for the licensing of travel agents and compensation of consumers if an agency business collapses. The Bill proposes that effect will be given to the scheme through a travel compensation fund trust deed which provides for the establishment and administration of a national travel compensation fund and a compensation scheme in relation to business carried on by travel agents. To hold a licence, a travel agent will be required to contribute to the travel compensation fund. The Bill amends the Agents Act 1968 to reflect amendments to the travel compensation fund trust deed and, to avoid similar future amendments, the Bill removes specific references to clauses of the trust deed from the principal Act.

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