Page 2218 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020

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Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2020

Detail stage

Debate resumed from 13 February 2020.

Clause 1.

MR RAMSAY (Ginninderra—Attorney-General, Minister for the Arts, Creative Industries and Cultural Events, Minister for Building Quality Improvement, Minister for Business and Regulatory Services and Minister for Seniors and Veterans) (11.52): There are a number of government amendments and I will be talking through them. I take the opportunity at this stage to introduce what has happened with them and hopefully streamline the debate during the detail stage.

The amendments that I will be proposing throughout this detail stage have arisen from very close and positive contact and consultation with the housing sector, with housing providers and with ACAT. They make a number of technical amendments that I understand are all agreed. I will be brief in my introduction and very brief in my explanation of each of the clauses. I commend clause 1 to the chamber.

Clause 1 agreed to.

Clause 2.

That, pursuant to standing order 185, consideration of clause 2 be postponed.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Clause 3.

MR RAMSAY (Ginninderra—Attorney-General, Minister for the Arts, Creative Industries and Cultural Events, Minister for Building Quality Improvement, Minister for Business and Regulatory Services and Minister for Seniors and Veterans) (11.54): I move amendment No 2, set A, circulated in my name, and table a supplementary explanatory statement to the government amendments. I also table a revised explanatory statement to the bill [see schedule 2 at page 2321]. This amendment introduces a new schedule.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 3, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 4 to 16, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 17.

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