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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 10 Hansard (Wednesday, 25 August 2004) . . Page.. 4229 ..

MRS CROSS (9.54): I support this amendment as well, and I thank Mr Stefaniak for his ongoing collaboration. I also thank the minister for agreeing to support this. I think it is very brave of her to agree to it, but I think it is a commendable position. Again, I thank Mr Stefaniak.

Mr Stefaniak’s amendment to Ms Gallagher’s amendment agreed to.

Clause 4 of Ms Gallagher’s amendment No 3, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 5 of Ms Gallagher’s amendment No 3.

MRS CROSS (9.56): I move amendment No 3 circulated in my name on the sand coloured paper, which amends Ms Gallagher’s amendment No 3 [see schedule 3 at page 4283]. While I commend Ms Gallagher for the comprehensiveness of her amendments to my bill, I—and others—felt there was no specific reference to the non-structural alteration of a building. When we were doing research into this area, we discovered that, while home renovators are conducting a home renovation, if that home renovation is non-structural, they do not require a permit to do it. We felt that it was important to clarify this via this amendment, which is one of the reasons why I am moving it.

I understand the government is supporting subsections (a) and (b) of this amendment—the structural or non-structural alteration of a building, and repairs to a building—but will not be supporting (c) of amendment No 3.

MS GALLAGHER (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Children, Youth and Family Support, Minister for Women and Minister for Industrial Relations) (9.57): I am actually a little confused because I am looking at Mrs Cross’s amendment. My understanding is that Mrs Cross’s amendment seeks to include four subsections under renovation work, and I am not sure that that is the amendment that the clerk is dealing with or that has been circulated to members. I do not know how to deal with that.

Ms Cross: Haven’t you got it?

MS GALLAGHER: No, you have only circulated the one—

Mrs Cross: Okay.

MS DUNDAS (9.58): I move the amendment circulated in my name [see schedule 4 at page 4284] which amends Mrs Cross’s amendment. I would like to add subsection (d) to Mrs Cross’s amendment that states, “Work prescribed under the regulations”. While that amendment is being circulated—and I am sorry for the delay—I will explain to members what I am trying to achieve. Including work prescribed under the regulations allows us the flexibility to deal with all the different types of work that could be undertaken in relation to renovation. Mrs Cross’s amendment, as it stands, would limit the different aspects of work that could be undertaken and could leave some things open to be done without applying the rest of the legislation we are passing tonight.

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