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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 3 Hansard (6 March) . . Page.. 616 ..
MR RUGENDYKE (4.24): I will be supporting this amendment.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 38, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 39.
MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition) (4.25): I move amendment No 4 circulated in my name [see schedule 4 part 1 at page 720].
This proposed amendment inserts a new subclause 39 (2) which provides:
If the lessor requires payment of more than 3 months rent in advance, any advance payment over 3 months rent is taken, for this section, to be bond.
The intention of this amendment is to ensure that the landlord cannot in any circumstances manipulate the payment of rent in advance to obtain a bigger bond. It is a safeguard in that regard.
MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Attorney-General) (4.26): The government supports the amendment.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 39, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 40.
MR STEFANIAK (Minister for Education and Attorney-General) (4.27): I move amendment 14 circulated in my name on the purple sheet [see schedule 1 part 1 at page 679].
This amendment was suggested by the Law Society. The replacement clause makes it clear that the lessor may accept additionally a guarantee and indemnity under this clause.
MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition) (4.27): The Labor Party supports the amendment. It seems quite reasonable to us that a guarantee or indemnity be accepted instead of a bond.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 40, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 41 to 43, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 44.
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