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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (30 August) . . Page.. 2693 ..
The Assembly voted-
Ayes, 8 Noes, 9 Ms Carnell Mr Berry Mr Cornwell Mr Corbell Mr Hird Mr Hargreaves Mr Humphries Mr Kaine Mr Moore Mr Osborne Mr Rugendyke Mr Quinlan Mr Smyth Mr Stanhope Mr Stefaniak Ms Tucker Mr Wood
Question so resolved in the negative.
MR HUMPHRIES (Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Community Safety) (6.00): Mr Speaker, I am quite concerned that by passing this bill today we will affect dramatically the firewood retail industry in the ACT without adequate consultation with the industry and without a clear understanding of the implications of what it means to the people who are selling firewood in this territory at the moment. This legislation imposes on firewood sellers a regime which they do not have to experience if they operate out of New South Wales.
Ms Tucker: What has been the point of your code of practice, then?
MR HUMPHRIES: The fact is that our code of practice does not cover a number of the elements that are in this legislation, including, for example, sale by weight. If we pass this legislation, we are going to say that firewood needs to be sold by weight, not by volume.
Ms Carnell: Not by a truckload.
MR HUMPHRIES: Not by a truckload. You cannot say any more, "I want a truckload of firewood." You have to say, "I want 1.2 tonnes of firewood," or 600 kilograms or whatever it might be. To provide for that kind of sale, you will need to do one of two things, as I understand it. Either you will need to be able to access a weighbridge to weigh the firewood which is going to be sold to a particular person, because people do not have scales large enough to weigh this amount of firewood, or you will have to operate in an environment in which the legislation does not affect you, namely, in New South Wales. As I understand it, and I am open to correction, this regime of licensing is to apply to people who operate in the ACT.
Ms Tucker: Sell or supply in the ACT.
MR HUMPHRIES: Sell or supply in the ACT.
Ms Tucker: If they are coming from outside, they have to-
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