Page 1987 - Week 07 - Thursday, 23 August 2007
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15 working days. The concept in the bill that some types of variations are sufficiently minor as to negate the need for public consultation is removed.
MR SESELJA (Molonglo) (5.22): We will be supporting this amendment. Even though we do not want to see technical amendments slowed down significantly by the need for consultation, this will be good for the process in that it may mean that issues or problems unforeseen by the authority or by the government in these technical amendments will be picked up. This will make it a little more likely that technical amendments that have problems with them will not slip through. It will give a little bit of an extra safety net, so we support it.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 88, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 89 to 92, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 93.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Planning, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Minister for Industrial Relations) (5.24): I move amendment No 17 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 2065].
This amendment revises clause 93 (1) (a) of the bill to make it clear that an estate development plan only has to be consistent with a concept plan if one exists. This is because in some areas of Canberra there are no prior existing concept plans or precinct codes against which an estate development plan can be assessed. In the absence of a concept plan, the estate development plan must be assessed against other relevant codes in the territory plan.
MR SESELJA (Molonglo) (5.25): We will be supporting this amendment. It is one of those amendments that demonstrate that things were a little rushed in the first place. This is probably one of the ones that slipped through in the first place, and it is good to see that it has been picked up since the bill was tabled. So we will be supporting it.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 93, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 94 to 110, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 111.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Planning, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Minister for Industrial Relations) (5.25): I seek leave to move amendments Nos 18 to 20 circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
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