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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 8 Hansard (26 August) . . Page.. 2549 ..
Proposed new clauses agreed to.
Clause 7 agreed to.
Clause 8
MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (5.17): I move:
Page 5, line 4, omit the clause, substitute the following clause:
"8. Delegation
The Commission may delegate any of its functions and powers, except this power of delegation.".
This amendment establishes the traditional delegation provisions, allowing the commission to delegate all of its powers and functions except the power of delegation. It is necessary, given the recommended change to the role of the chief executive as identified in the proposed amendments to clause 10 and Schedule 1.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 9 agreed to.
Clause 10
MR QUINLAN (5.17): I move:
Page 5, line 20, subclause (1), omit the subclause, substitute the following subclause:
"(1) The Commission shall consist of-
(a) the Chief Executive;
(b) four other ordinary members of whom one shall have knowledge, experience and qualifications related to providing counselling services to problem gamblers.".
In my speech earlier today in the in-principle stage I said that we did accept the major thrust of the Greens' amendments to this Bill, but we also recognised that this gambling commission will have to wrestle with some rather complex issues in relation to
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