Page 4743 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019
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Commission. Occupants are currently able to make a complaint to the ACT Human Rights Commission, but only where their complaint matches a ground listed in section 41 of the Human Rights Commission Act 2005. It is proposed to streamline this process by allowing all occupants to access the non-adversarial dispute resolution framework of the ACT Human Rights Commission. This provides greater clarity and expands the available options to seek the enforcement of fair rights and to resolve disputes.
Thirdly, the draft proposes amendments to the complex legal framework applicable to people who reside in caravan and manufactured home parks. This draft bill proposes a new framework that provides greater clarity and certainty when a resident seeks to sell the dwelling they own while it is still erected within a residential park. It also clarifies the processes involved in the disposal of moveable buildings and their contents when they have been abandoned, amending the Uncollected Goods Act 1996 to provide park operators with a more efficient means to manage the removal of abandoned dwellings without exposing occupants to undue risks. Additionally, the draft proposes amendments that will clarify the processes to be followed when a person who owns their dwelling on a site in a residential park wants to assign their interest in an occupancy agreement to another person.
Finally, turning to the amendments relating to share housing, the public exposure draft contains the proposed framework for modernising this framework in the ACT. Canberrans deserve residential tenancy law that reflects the realities of modern living. Share housing is an extremely common form of tenancy in the ACT, including being utilised by students and young professionals. The law governing share housing is currently a complex mix of property and contract law. The public exposure draft proposes a model that is simple, is modern and better reflects community behaviours and expectations.
I encourage the ACT community to access the ACT government’s your say website for information on the reforms being proposed and to provide feedback on the exposure draft. We look forward to engaging with stakeholders and the ACT community on the development of the final bill, which will be introduced in 2020.
Sitting suspended from 11.56 am to 2.00 pm.
Ministerial arrangements
MR BARR: Madam Speaker, the Attorney-General will be absent from question time today as he is travelling to a Standing Committee of Attorneys-General meeting. I will take questions in the attorney’s place.
Questions without notice
Education—school chaplaincy program
MR COE: My question is to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development. Minister, what feedback have you received from students, teachers, principals and parents about the benefits of the chaplaincy program?
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