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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 10 Hansard (26 November) . . Page.. 3112 ..

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (5.22): I move amendment No. 3 circulated in my name:

Page 2, line 38, insert the following definition:

" `environmental flow guidelines' means guidelines approved under section 5D;".

Mr Deputy Speaker, this amendment adds the definition of environmental flow guidelines to clause 4 to ensure that it is clear in the guidelines prepared under clause 5, which are referred to throughout the entire Bill.

Amendment agreed to.

MS TUCKER (5.22): I was going to move amendment No. 2 circulated in my name, which was part of the package to delete references to water allocations, which I spoke to earlier. Because I lost the first one, I will not put them at all. I withdraw the ones that were consequential, namely, amendments Nos 2, 3, 4 and 5 circulated in my name.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (5.23): I move amendment No. 4 circulated in my name:

Page 3, line 23, insert the following definition:

" `subsoil drain' means an underground pipe or construction the purpose of which is to drain underground water -

(a) to protect a building, retaining wall, excavation, roadway or other construction from seepage or water pressure; or

(b) to facilitate the use of an area of ground by eliminating or reducing wet ground conditions in that area;".

Mr Deputy Speaker, as with amendment No. 2, this amendment adds the definition of a subsoil drain to clause 4 to restrict the meaning of subsoil drain to those drains which remove excessive moisture from around structures or areas of ground.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

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