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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4472 ..

Clause 74.

MR CORBELL (Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services, Minister for Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations) (8.21): Mr Speaker, I move amendment No 32 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 4499].

Mr Speaker, this amendment substitutes a new clause 74, setting out the circumstances in which an official or another person commits an offence. The expressions "dishonestly", "official"and "position"are defined. This amendment brings the bill into line with current drafting practices in respect of the application of the criminal code.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 74, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 75.

MR CORBELL (Minister for Education, Youth and Family Services, Minister for Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations) (8.22): Mr Speaker, I move amendment No 33 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 4499].

Mr Speaker, this amendment alters the date by which the review of the act must begin. Originally, the review was to commence as soon as practicable after 31 December 2007. My amendment proposes that the review commence not later than 31 December 2006. The government sees this as a compromise date for the review, but one that allows for the operations of the new agencies, authorities and other bodies to be established for a reasonable period of time before review, so that the review is an effective one.

MRS DUNNE (8.23): Before I speak, Mr Speaker, I seek your guidance because I have an amendment to the same clause. Mr Corbell's amendment changes the date by one year and mine changes it by a further year. Can I seek your guidance? If this one succeeds, does mine lapse or do we debate mine as well?

MR SPEAKER: You could move to amend Mr Corbell's amendment.

MRS DUNNE: I will adjust my amendment.

MS TUCKER (8.24): I am happy to support Mr Corbell's amendment here. I think that having the reporting date of 31 December 2006 is quite appropriate. I understand that Mrs Dunne wants to change that to 2005. However, if the act comes into force in July 2003, it would take at least six months after that for everything to settle down and start functioning properly. This amendment then gives three years after the settling in period, which provides a decent time for operations to become established before an evaluation of what has occurred. I am going to be supporting Mr Corbell's amendment, but not Mrs Dunne's.

MRS DUNNE (8.25): I move the amendment which is about to be circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 4508].

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