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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (30 November) . . Page.. 3541 ..


MR OSBORNE (continuing):

Mr Speaker, this issue was raised by Mr Kaine and I understand that there is a government-initiated inquiry under way which seems to have been dragging on forever. It is the hope of the committee that we will have the benefit of that report when we conduct our inquiry. I commend this inquiry to the Assembly.

ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL 2000 (NO 2)

Detail Stage

Clause 1.

Debate resumed from 28 November 2000.

Clause 1 agreed to.

Remainder of bill, by leave, taken as a whole.

MS TUCKER (4.38): I ask for leave to move together amendments 1 to 4 circulated in my name.

Leave granted.

MS TUCKER: I move:

No 1-

Clauses 4 to 20, page 3, line 4, omit the clauses, substitute the following clauses:

" '4  Special reports

Section 10A is amended-

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:

'(1A) The commissioner must present to the Minister, before 30 June 2002, a report on the conduct of electronic voting and the electronic scrutiny of voting in the election held on 20 October 2001.

'(1B)   Subsection (1A) and this subsection expire on 1 July 2002.'; and

by inserting in subsection (2) 'or (1A)' after '(1)'.

'5  Insertion

After section 33 insert the following Division:

'Division 3.3-Electoral Reference Committee

'33A  Definitions for div 3.3

In this Division:

appointed member -see section 33E (Appointed members of the committee).

committee means the Electoral Reference Committee.

general interests member -see paragraph 33E (d) (Appointed members of the committee).

MLA's member -see paragraph 33E (b) (Appointed members of the committee).


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