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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 3 Hansard (6 March) . . Page.. 613 ..

MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition) (4.14): I move amendment No 2 circulated in my name [see schedule 4 part 1 at page 720].

As with amendment No 1, this amendment is consequential on the amendments I will be later moving in relation to termination by a lessor. This is necessary in the context of later amendments which the government has foreshadowed that it will be supporting.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 17, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 18 to 22, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 23.

MS TUCKER (4.15): I move amendment No 6 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 part 1 at page 690].

This amendment ensures that whichever party requires a lease to be registered must pay the registration fee. It does, however, shift the onus of the costs of drawing up and registering new subleasing plans to the lessor. The cost of drawing up a subleasing plan would be $200 to $400, with perhaps a further cost of $200 in registering them.

The drawing up of such plans and their registration are reflected in the value of the asset. They do not deliver any value for the tenant, nor do they reflect any cost incurred by a tenant. That is why the Greens do not accept that it is appropriate to shift the burden of such costs to the tenant. It is only fair that such expense be borne by the beneficiary.

MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition) (4.16): The Labor Party will be supporting this amendment. I understand that the amendment is also supported by the government.

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Attorney-General) (4.16): The government regards the amendment as a simplification which is an improvement to the bill, so we support it.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 23, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 24 to 29, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 30.

MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Attorney-General) (4.17): I move amendment No 10 on the purple sheet circulated in my name [see schedule 1 part 1 at page 679].

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