Page 1639 - Week 08 - Thursday, 28 September 1989
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MR WHALAN: Do you want me to go right back to the beginning?
Mr Moore: No. Will you just go from there a bit louder, thank you? The gallery would probably like to hear too.
MR SPEAKER: Order! It has been very difficult for me to hear also. Please raise your voice, Minister.
MR WHALAN: As members are aware, the construction of this project is well advanced. No certificate of compliance has been issued. As is usual practice, officers of the department are currently in discussions with the lessee in relation to this issue.
It has been standard practice with respect to all leases to allow a reasonable extension of time, especially where the lessee has progressed extensively with the development. In this case it is expected that the development will be completed by November, and, in accordance with proper, consistent and ordinary practice, I or my delegates would exercise a discretion to grant an extension of time for the lessee to complete the development and comply with the provisions of the lease. As this matter is directed only at the construction of the development, the stage where certificates of fitness for occupancy and use and certificates of compliance can be issued, I would see no reason why a reasonable extension should not be granted if such an application is made.
Members should note that a failure to meet the development conditions of a lease does not result in any automatic termination of that lease. Section 22 of the City Area Leases Act provides the processes to be followed before a lease is determined. Until the actions required under that section are properly completed, the lease remains valid with rights and responsibilities associated with the lease in force. Section 22 requires processes which take approximately two months to complete, and by that time in this case you would expect the development to be finished.
DAY OF NEXT MEETING
Motion (by Mr Whalan) agreed to:
That the Assembly, at its rising, adjourn until Tuesday, 17 October 1989, unless the Speaker fixes an alternative day or hour of sitting on receipt of a request in writing from an absolute majority of members.
SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND TEMPORARY ORDERS
MR MOORE (3.04): Mr Speaker, I move:
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