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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 8 Hansard (24 August) . . Page.. 2333 ..
Question put:
That the motion (Mr Berry's ) be agreed to.
The Assembly voted -
AYES, 7 NOES, 7 Mr Berry Ms Carnell Mr Hargreaves Mr Cornwell Mr Kaine Mr Hird Mr Quinlan Mr Humphries Mr Stanhope Mr Moore Ms Tucker Mr Osborne Mr Wood Mr SmythQuestion so resolved in the negative, in accordance with standing order 162.
MR HARGREAVES: Mr Speaker, I ask for leave to present Scrutiny Report No. 9 of 1999 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety and to make a short statement in relation to the report.
Leave granted.
MR HARGREAVES: Mr Speaker, I present Scrutiny Report No. 9 of 1999 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety, entitled "Seventh Australasian and Pacific Conference on Delegated Legislation and the Fourth Australasian and Pacific Conference on the Scrutiny of Bills". Mr Speaker, I would like to make a couple of comments. I will be brief because I know that it is getting late and people are getting twitchy.
It was fine to have the opportunity to go to this conference in the company of our legal adviser, Peter Bayne. A colleague over there, Mr Hird, was very good to me, holding me by the hand and making sure that I did not make a fool of myself. When I did get the chance to make a fool of myself, he made sure that he was standing there with me making of fool of himself, so I did not feel lonely. For that I extend my hardiest appreciation to Mr Hird, without whose help I would not have been able to make a fool of myself. I have to express gratitude also to Celia Harsdorf, who was absolutely superb in her support for us when we were there, particularly when we found that we had to do a last minute reshuffle of papers.
Mr Speaker, out of this conference I got a sense of the importance of delegated legislation and subordinate legislation to other parliaments. It was noteworthy to me that not only were the Australian States and the Commonwealth represented there, but also parliaments of Canada, Italy and Samoa and there were officers from the OECD, and the
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