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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 10 Hansard (26 November) . . Page.. 3116 ..

Clause 16

MS TUCKER (5.26): I move amendment No. 6 circulated in my name:

Page 8, line 35, add the following subclause:

"(2) Where the Authority makes a change of a formal nature to a management plan, the Authority shall notify the making of the change in the Gazette and in a newspaper.".

This amendment is not about water allocations. This amendment ensures that any formal change to the water resources management plan is still publicly notified so that the public can keep up to date with changes that have been made to this plan. This is a simple measure to keep the community informed.

MR CORBELL (5.27): The Labor Party will be supporting this amendment. Certainly, the evidence given to the Urban Services Committee, particularly the evidence given by the Environmental Defender's Office, urged a greater degree of public notification in relation to management plans and a range of other mechanisms within the Bill. The Labor Party believes it is appropriate that, at every stage of this important process, there be the opportunity for public notification so that the community has the opportunity to comment on or at least be made aware of changes. We will be supporting the amendment.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (5.27): The Government will be supporting this amendment.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 17 to 20, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.

Clauses 21 to 26, by leave, taken together

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (5.28): I move amendment No. 6 circulated in my name:

Page 10, line 23, clause 22, subclause (6), after "writing", insert ", on payment of the determined fee".

This amendment ensures that the appropriate fee can be charged for allocations created by the Minister in clause 22.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 21, clause 22, as amended, and clauses 23 to 26 agreed to.

Clause 27 agreed to.

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