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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (30 November) . . Page.. 3567 ..

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (5.28): Again, I thank all members for the work that has gone into putting these bills together and improving them. Mr Humphries has tabled a number of amendments. I have spoken to members of the Labor Party and the crossbenchers. They have agreed to all of the amendments, and I would seek the leave of the Assembly to move all of them as a block.

Leave granted.

MR SMYTH: I move:

Nos 1 to 32-

Amendments-

Clause 7, page 4, line 19, subclause (2), definition of infrastructure , paragraph (d), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraphs:

"(d) wires, ducts or pipes for wires, or equipment; or

(e) any other thing ancillary to any other part of the infrastructure.".

Clause 10, page 5, line 24, subclause (3), definition of infrastructure , paragraph (c), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraphs:

"(c) any equipment (including pressure control devices, excess flow valves, control valves, actuators, electrical equipment, telemetry equipment, cathodic protection installations, compounds, pits, buildings, signs and fences); or

(d) any other thing ancillary to any other part of the infrastructure.".

Clause 12, page 6, line 24, paragraph (2) (c), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraphs:

"(c) pipes or equipment;

(d) any other thing ancillary to any other part of the infrastructure.".

Clause 14, page 7, line 10, paragraph (2) (c), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraphs:

"(c) pipes or equipment;

(d) any other thing ancillary to any other part of the infrastructure.".

Clause 15, page 7, line 20, after subclause (1) insert the following new subclause:

"(1A)   The regulations may prescribe the utility network, and the infrastructure it consists of, for a utility service prescribed by regulations under subsection (1).".

Clause 16, page 7, line 27, subclause (2), omit "The industry code may", substitute "Without limiting the operation of subsection (1), the industry code may".

New clauses-

Page 14, line 18, after clause 30 insert the following new clauses in the Bill:

"30A Special conditions-gas distribution

A licence to distribute gas is, in addition to the conditions mentioned in section 25, subject to the condition that the distributor must-

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