Page 2030 - Week 07 - Thursday, 23 August 2007
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Amendment 100 revises clause 258 (2) (b) of the bill to insert the words “eligible person” at line 20 after the word “lessee”. This corrects a minor omission in the existing wording.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 258, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 259 to 262, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 263.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Planning, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Minister for Industrial Relations) (9.19): We oppose the clause [see schedule 1 at page 2065].
Clause 263 negatived.
Clauses 264 to 268, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 269.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Planning, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Minister for Industrial Relations) (9.20): I move amendment No 102 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 2065].
Amendment 102 inserts a new clause 269 (3) in the bill to specify that the clause does not apply to a variation of a nominal rent lease if the only effect of the variation would be to alter a common boundary between two or more adjoining leases, the land in each adjoining lease is leased for the same purpose and none of the adjoining leases is a rural lease. These are minor variations that do not significantly affect the aggregate value of the leases involved. As such, it is not appropriate for a change of use charge to apply.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 269, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 270 to 280, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 281.
DR FOSKEY (Molonglo) (9.21): I am concerned about the definition of improvement, especially in relation to land held under a rural lease. The definition is “any improvement to the land reasonably undertaken for rural purposes”. This definition has been carried over from the land act, which dates back to 1925. For a start, it is self-referential to define an improvement as an improvement. We have not learnt anything from that definition.
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