Page 1862 - Week 09 - Thursday, 19 October 1989

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There are a number of recommendations listed, particularly highlighted by Dr Ian Brighthope, and I am sure you will all take the opportunity to look through those. Indeed, within the committee we will have the opportunity in the future to give attention to that area as well. The Social Policy Committee is an all-party committee and it has really highlighted the operation of something we have come to know as collegiate government.

It was an absolute joy to be on the committee and work on the needs of the more experienced. It was a joy to work with the other members of the committee and the secretariat assistants. I commend the report to this house.

Debate (on motion by Mr Kaine) adjourned.

SCRUTINY OF BILLS AND SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION - STANDING COMMITTEE

MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister) (11.25): I move:

That -

(1) a standing committee for scrutiny of Bills and subordinate legislation be appointed;

(2) the committee shall with respect to any instrument of a legislative nature (including a regulation, rule or by-law) made under an Act consider whether the instrument -

(a) is in accord with the general objects of the Act under which it is made;

(b) unduly trespasses on rights previously established by law;

(d) contains matter which in the opinion of the committee should properly be dealt with in an Act of the Legislative Assembly;

(3) the committee shall with respect to the clauses of Bills introduced into the Legislative Assembly consider whether such Bills -

(a) unduly trespass on personal rights and liberties;

(b) make rights, liberties and/or obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently defined administrative powers;

(d) inappropriately delegate legislative powers; or

(e) insufficiently subject the exercise of legislative power to parliamentary scrutiny;

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