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Leave granted.
MR GENTLEMAN: I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name and table a supplementary explanatory statement to the amendment [see schedule 3 at page 1145]. This amendment is minor; it is only in relation to the timing of the commencement of the legislation. The amendment proposes that the commencement be charged from the day after notification to the 14th day after notification. The need for this amendment became apparent through consultation with agencies, following the presentation of the bill in the Assembly. The proposed commencement timing will allow all affected agencies to put in place communication strategies ahead of the changes, and will allow ACT Policing to make the necessary changes to their data management system to support the operation of new offences.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 3 agreed to.
Clause 4.
MRS JONES (Murrumbidgee) (4.00): I seek leave to move amendments to this bill that have not been considered or reported on by the scrutiny committee.
Leave granted.
MRS JONES: I move amendment No 2 circulated in my name [see schedule 2 at page 1141]. This is regarding the terminology of “emergency worker” being changed to “frontline community provider”, which is the agreed form of words to be used in this bill. I propose that we support this amendment.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 4, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 5.
MRS JONES (Murrumbidgee) (4.03), by leave: I move amendments Nos 3 to 9 circulated in my name together [see schedule 2 at page 1141]. Clause 5, amendments 3 to 9, deals with the same minor change as clause 4, which is the definition of “emergency worker” being made “frontline community provider” for the bill.
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Manager of Government Business, Minister for Advanced Technology and Space Industries, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Urban Renewal) (4.04): The government supports these minor and technical amendments as they relate to the title of the amendment act and the term used to classify workers protected by the assault offence. These changes relate to a further amendment that will be proposed by Mrs Jones,
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