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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (30 November) . . Page.. 3476 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

The bill also deals comprehensively with the following related matters:

numbering of legislation;

presentation (tabling) and disallowance of subordinate laws and disallowable instruments;

commencement of legislation and exercise of powers under uncommenced provisions;

evidentiary value of authorised electronic and printed versions of legislation;

repeal and amendment of legislation; and

reference to laws.

Although the bill contains transitional provisions to enable registration to replace gazettal, it is proposed that all ACT laws and subordinate laws will be reviewed and amended as necessary to bring them fully into line with the new legislative framework-for example, changing statutory instruments required to be notified in the Gazette into registrable instruments and making approved forms notifiable instruments. A bill to make the necessary consequential amendments will be presented to the Legislative Assembly as early as possible in 2001.

It is also proposed that another bill will be prepared and presented later in 2001. The bill would amend the Legislation (Access and Operation) Act to include the remaining provisions of the Interpretation Act 1967 in a remade form. The remaining provisions would provide a simplified, comprehensive, up-to-date set of provisions for the interpretation of ACT legislation. This would bring all the key provisions about ACT legislation into a single act for the first time.

Simplified, comprehensive, up-to-date legislation for the interpretation and publication of ACT legislation will ensure the territory enjoys the many benefits of first class access to its legislation well into the future, and considerably enhance the way that citizens are able to use the laws of the territory.

Mr Speaker, I commend the bill to the Assembly.

Debate (on motion by Mr Corbell ) adjourned to the next sitting.

LEGISLATION (ACCESS AND OPERATIONS) (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2000

Mr Humphries , pursuant to notice, presented the bill.

Title read by Clerk.

MR HUMPHRIES (Chief Minister, Minister for Community Affairs, Attorney-General and Treasurer) (10.58): Mr Speaker, I move:

That this bill be agreed to in principle.

This bill is consequential on the enactment of the Legislation (Access and Operation) Bill. I commend the bill to the Assembly.

Debate (on motion by Mr Corbell ) adjourned to the next sitting.

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