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38FReimbursement of expenses for advisory committee members

(1) A representative member of the advisory committee is not entitled to be paid for the exercise of the member’s functions.

(2) However, a representative member may apply to the commissioner for reimbursement of expenses reasonably incurred by the member for the purpose of attending a meeting of the advisory committee.

38GAdvisory committee to report on impact of Act etc

(1) The advisory committee must prepare a report under this section and present it to the Minister not later than 1 year after the commencement of this section.

(2) The report must include an analysis of—

(a) the impact of this Act on people who carry on business as motor vehicle repairers, their employees and on consumers; and

(b) the level of consumer satisfaction with the motor vehicle repair industry, and any recommendations for raising it; and

(c) the level of competence that employees should reach to work in the industry; and

(d) the cost of training employees to reach that level of competence and how the cost should be shared between employers and employees; and

(e) training courses required for the ACT (and who might provide the courses, when the courses might be available, and what benefits providing the courses would give consumers); and

(f) any transitional arrangements necessary to deal with existing industry participants.

(3) In preparing the report, the advisory committee may seek the views of—

(a) people who carry on business as motor vehicle repairers; and

(b) people who provide training courses; and

(c) consumers; and

(d) other interested entities.

(4) The Minister must present the report, and the Minister’s response to the report, to the Legislative Assembly not later than 6 months after the day the Minister receives the report.

(5) This section expires 2 years after the day it commences.

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41AFalse or misleading representations


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