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in nature and ensure that the full intent of the bill can be reflected in the legislation so that it is enforceable and robust.
These amendments address comments from the scrutiny committee, while also making technical corrections and adjustments to the wording to ensure that the bill is consistent, is clear and effectively conveys its intended meaning. They also ensure that the new assistance animal scheme that this bill introduces is consistent in ensuring the best protections for people who rely on an assistance animal every day, as well as for assistance animals in training.
I will share with you these amendments and the reasoning behind them today. Amendment No 1 is a technical amendment to ensure that all the provisions relating to assistance animals do not take effect for six months, including consequential amendments that I will move today to ensure that the assistance animals scheme is consistent with the Major Events Act, Nature Conservation Act and Public Pools Act.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 3.
MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Community Services and Facilities, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Roads) (11.42): I move amendment No 2 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 4002]. Amendment 2 is a technical amendment that adds the Major Events Act, Nature Conservation Act and Public Pools Act to the list of legislation being amended, as I am moving minor amendments to make these consistent with the assistance animals scheme.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 3, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 4.
MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (11.42): I seek leave to move amendments to this bill which have not been considered or reported on by the scrutiny committee.
Leave granted.
MS LAWDER: I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 4006]. My first amendment concerns the proposed section 4A(1). The proposed 4A(1) recognises sentience and the intrinsic value animals hold, and establishes an in-principle duty of care owed by all people for the physical and mental wellbeing of animals.
The phrase “duty of care” holds significant legal meaning and weight in Australian jurisprudence and legal practice. Typically, breaching a duty of care gives rise to a
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