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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 6 Hansard (25 May) . . Page.. 1925 ..
That orders of the day Nos 8 and 9, Executive business, relating to the Health and Community Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2000 and the Transplantation and Anatomy Amendment Bill 2000, be postponed until a later hour this day.
That this bill be agreed to in principle.
MR WOOD (12.23 am): The opposition will agree with this bill. It seems designed to cater for any Olympic teams that may come here and bring with them professional people, doctors and perhaps others, who may not be licensed to practise in the ACT. This bill would enable some of them to practise. It asks a question for me: what has happened in the past? My memory tells me the Bruce Stadium was built for the world athletic games.
Mr Hird: The Pan-Pacific Games.
MR WOOD: No. We had the world championships here one year. Teams would have brought doctors with them, but at that time presumably there was no legislation to cover them. If we are now intent on crossing the t's and dotting the i's, we take this measure. It seems to the opposition to be entirely logical, so we will support it. I understand Mr Moore is to move amendments. We thank him for that, because they were initiated through Mr Stanhope's office. We are pleased that we can work in that way.
MR MOORE (Minister for Health and Community Care) (12.24 am), in reply: Mr Speaker, I would like to say thank you to members for their support of this legislation. I have a couple of amendments. I will speak to those in the detail stage.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Bill, by leave, taken as a whole.
MR MOORE (Minister for Health and Community Care) (12.25 am): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move two amendments circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
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