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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 10 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 3454 ..


MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services, Minister for Business, Tourism and the Arts and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (10.45): Mr Speaker, I ask for leave to move amendments 26 through to 47 circulated in my name together.

Leave granted.

MR SMYTH: Mr Speaker, I move amendments 26 to 47 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 3475].

Amendments agreed to.

Remainder of bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 2-reconsideration.

Ordered that clause 2 be reconsidered.

MR BERRY (10.47): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move amendment No 1 on the yellow sheet circulated in my name [see schedule 3, yellow sheet, at page 3540].

This amendment relates to commencement provisions in the context of new section 80A and to actuarial assessment.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 3, as amended-reconsideration.

Ordered that clause 3, as amended, be reconsidered.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services, Minister for Business, Tourism and the Arts and Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (10.49): I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 3475].

Amendment negatived.

Clause 3 agreed to.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services, Minister for Business, Tourism and the Arts and Minister for Police and Emergency Services): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a statement before the debate is concluded.

Leave granted.

MR SMYTH

: I want to thank members for taking part in this debate. I think the intent was that we all wanted to put on the table and pass this evening a better set of workers compensation legislation to protect the workers in the ACT. I am very pleased to say


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