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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 6 Hansard (14 May) . . Page.. 1532 ..

MR STANHOPE (continuing):

It is a technical amendment to omit the words "relate to" and substitute "disclosed or otherwise found to relate to"-in response to a concern expressed by the scrutiny of bills committee. It is the tidying-up of a minor technicality.

MR STEFANIAK (11.18): We support that.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 22, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 23 to 27, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 28.

MS DUNDAS (11.19): I move amendment No 2, circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1591].

I thank Mr Stanhope and Mr Stefaniak for the comments they made earlier, when amendment No 1 was being debated. I agree it would be a rare situation that we need to remind the executive of this law when it comes into force. Nevertheless, it is important that the community should expect the minister responsible for his or her portfolio to do that, and have faith that it is being followed through. This amendment, in conjunction with my amendments Nos 1 and No 3, entrenches that in law.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 28, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 29 and 30, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Schedule 1.

MS DUNDAS (11.20): I move amendment No 3 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1591]. This, again, is part of my amendments Nos 1 and 2, to make the legislation neat and tidy. I hope the Assembly accepts amendment No 3.

Amendment agreed to.

Schedule 1, as amended, agreed to.

Schedule 2.

MS DUNDAS (11.21): I move amendment No 4, circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 1591].

This amendment is a minor change to the Coroners Act. It will make the tabling of the annual report of the coroner a quicker process. This amendment will see the annual report of the coroner tabled within six sitting days after being received by the Attorney-General, rather than the current system, which takes 15 sitting days. This is about

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