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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (29 August) . . Page.. 2508 ..

To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory:

The petition of certain residents of Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly: That the usage of the Manuka Lawns is to be changed as part of the Manuka redevelopment.

Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to: Revoke the variation to the Territory Plan 158, so that chairs and tables belonging to local business can still be placed on the lawns, and next to the windows.

JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY-STANDING COMMITTEE

Scrutiny Report No 11 of 2000 and Statement

MR OSBORNE: I present the following report:

Justice and Community Safety-Standing Committee (incorporating the duties of a Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation Committee)-Scrutiny Report No 11 of 2000, dated 28 August 2000.

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted.

MR OSBORNE: Scrutiny Report No 11 of 2000 contains the committee's comments on nine bills, 60 subordinate laws and five government responses. The report contains information on DNA sampling that I think all members should look at. The legal adviser raised a number of issues I would encourage members to look at.

I am pleased to announce that the committee and the Attorney-General will be meeting, hopefully, next week to come to final resolution on taxes and how taxes are enforced. We had some trouble with the Henry VIII clause. Hopefully, the minister and the committee can resolve it, because it has been a constant irritant, for want of a better term, to us. I commend the report to the Assembly.

PLANNING AND URBAN SERVICES-STANDING COMMITTEE

Report on Utilities Bill 2000 and Utilities (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2000

MR HIRD (11.25): I present the following report:

Planning and Urban Services-Standing Committee-Report No 51-Utilities Bill Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000, Utilities (Consequential Provisions) Bill Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000, together with a copy of the extracts of the minutes of proceedings.

This report was provided to you, Mr Speaker, for circulation, printing and publication on Friday, 14 July this year, pursuant to the resolution of the parliament on 27 June 2000. I move:

That the report be noted.

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