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18 April 1991 Thursday, 18 April 1991 Postponement of Order of the Day DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY HANSARD 18 April 1991 Thursday, 18 April 1991 Postponement of order of the day .................................................................................... 1499 Administration (Amendment) Bill 1991 ........................................................................... 1499 Crimes (Amendment) Bill 1991 ....................................................................................... 1500 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 1991 .................................... 1501 Administration and Probate (Amendment) Bill 1991 ........................................................ 1501 Public Trustee (Amendment) Bill 1991 ............................................................................ 1502 Rates and Land Rent (Relief) (Amendment) Bill 1991 ..................................................... 1503 Building (Amendment) Bill 1991 ..................................................................................... 1505 Unlawful Games (Amendment) Bill 1991 ........................................................................ 1507 Personal explanations ....................................................................................................... 1520 Public Accounts - standing committee ............................................................................ 1522 Budget ............................................................................................................................. 1527 Questions without notice: Casino project ...................................................................................................... 1530 Energy conservation ............................................................................................. 1533 Casino project ...................................................................................................... 1534 Tuggeranong Community Health Centre ............................................................. 1535 Donations to the Australian Labor Party .............................................................. 1536 Deputy Chief Minister .......................................................................................... 1538 Australian Federal Police Women's Forum .......................................................... 1540 Leases legislation ................................................................................................. 1541 Deputy Chief Minister .......................................................................................... 1542 Civic Square redevelopment project .................................................................... 1543 Civic Square redevelopment project .................................................................... 1544 Schools amalgamation ......................................................................................... 1545 Dental services ..................................................................................................... 1546 Quarterly financial statement ............................................................................... 1547 Belconnen Remand Centre ................................................................................... 1547 Health services determination .......................................................................................... 1548 Personal explanations ....................................................................................................... 1549 Legislative Assembly - Secretariat ................................................................................... 1551 Paper ............................................................................................................................... 1552 Roads - accident black spots (Ministerial statement) ....................................................... 1552 HIV, Illegal Drugs and Prostitution - select committee...................................................... 1557 Planning Development and Infrastructure and Conservation Heritage and Environment - standing committees ................................................................................ 1566 Adjournment: Narrabundah College drama students .................................................................. 1594 Alliance Government ........................................................................................... 1595 Executive Deputies - committees ......................................................................... 1597 Executive Deputies - committees ......................................................................... 1598 Casino project ..................................................................................................... 1601 School sites ......................................................................................................... 1602 Answers to questions: Institute of TAFE - twinning agreement (Question No 354) ................................ 1607 Lease renewals (Question No 360) ....................................................................... 1608 Consolidated Fund receipts (Question No 364) .................................................... 1610 Kings Highway (Question No 375) ...................................................................... 1616 Television reception - Wanniassa area (Question No 376) .................................... 1618 Apprenticeships (Question No 378) ..................................................................... 1619 Appendix 1: Intoxicated persons legislation ..................................................................... 1621 18 April 1991 Thursday, 18 April 1991 _______________________ MR SPEAKER (Mr Prowse) took the chair at 10.30 am and read the prayer. POSTPONEMENT OF ORDER OF THE DAY Motion (by Mr Collaery) agreed to: That order of the day, No. 1, Assembly business, relating to the presentation of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure and the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment Joint Report on Planning Legislation, be postponed until a later hour this day. ADMINISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 MR KAINE (Chief Minister) (10.31): Mr Speaker, I present the Administration (Amendment) Bill 1991. I move: That this Bill be agreed to in principle. This amending legislation provides for the power of the Executive under ACT legislation to be exercised by any two Ministers. This amendment does not apply where a power is conferred by a Commonwealth law. The self-government Act gives no clear guidance as to whether the powers of the Executive can be exercised in the absence of one or more of its members. The exercising of power by any two Ministers is considered to be the most appropriate way of overcoming this problem. It also overcomes the problem where a Minister is absent from duty or from Australia. The approach is currently working well in the case of making regulations. This amendment will, therefore, provide consistency when executing or making an instrument under any ACT legislation. The amendment is administrative in nature, and no financial impact is associated with the proposed changes. I present the explanatory memorandum. Debate (on motion by Mr Connolly) adjourned. 1499 18 April 1991 CRIMES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General) (10.33): Mr Speaker, I present the Crimes (Amendment) Bill 1991. I move: That this Bill be agreed to in principle. The purpose of this Bill is to amend section 437(8) of the Crimes Act and to repeal sections 552 and 556. The ACT Community Law Reform Committee was established in June 1990, with support from all members of this Assembly. This bipartisan approach to law reform in the ACT is most welcome to the Alliance Government. The Community Law Reform Committee is chaired by the Honourable Mr John Kelly, a queen's counsel and former ACT Supreme Court judge, with its members being leaders in their respective areas within the community. On 4 November 1990, I issued a reference to the ACT Community Law Reform Committee to examine the law in force with respect to section 556 of the Crimes Act as it applies to the Territory. The committee has now reported on this issue, and the Alliance Government is pleased to adopt the recommendations of the committee. The unanimous view of the committee is to repeal sections 552 and 556 of the Crimes Act. The Community Law Reform Committee considered that section 556 of the Crimes Act should be repealed to remove an injustice which may arise. The committee points out that if a person against whom an offence has been committed lays the information, which is the initiation of proceedings in a formal way by the person who seeks to bring an alleged offender before the court, then section 556 precludes the person from taking any civil action in respect of the offence. The same situation applies if the person takes civil proceedings in respect of the offence. The person is not thereafter permitted to lay an information in respect of the offence and to proceed with criminal proceedings against the alleged offender. This section should be repealed to make it plain that, even if a person lays an information in respect of a criminal offence, he or she may pursue a civil remedy. The Community Law Reform Committee also recommends that section 552 of this Act be repealed, as it considers that a provision relating to juvenile first offenders should not appear in the Crimes Act when young persons are more adequately dealt with by
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