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Government has decided that taxation and administrative functions under the Gaming Machine Act should be performed by the Commissioner for ACT Revenue. This Bill gives effect to this decision.
The substantial effect of the amendments contained in the Bill is to transfer the powers of the Gaming and Liquor Authority under the Gaming Machine Act to the Commissioner for ACT Revenue. I should stress that the amendments are of an interim nature only. In the medium term, revenue arrangements in relation to gaming machines will need to be aligned much more closely with other tax laws administered by the Commissioner for ACT Revenue, and a Bill for further amendments to the Act will therefore be submitted to the Assembly in due course.
The transfer of gaming machine administration to Mr Duby's department will lead to savings in respect of this function of $40,000 in a full year. Details will be made available shortly. Details of the Bill are set out in the explanatory memorandum which has been circulated. I should foreshadow that there are several printing errors in the schedule to the Bill. These will be corrected by formal amendment when the Bill reaches the detail stage. To prevent any confusion I undertake to provide advance copies of this amendment to the Opposition and to the Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation by tomorrow at the latest. I commend the Bill to the Assembly. I present the explanatory memorandum to the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Ms Follett) adjourned.
ELECTRICITY AND WATER (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
MR HUMPHRIES (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts) (4.25): Mr Deputy Speaker, again acting for Mr Duby, I present the Electricity and Water (Amendment) Bill 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Mr Deputy Speaker, this initiative is part of our commitment as a government to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery in the ACT. It anticipates our intention to incorporate the ACT Electricity and Water Authority as a Territory owned corporation.
The ACT Electricity and Water Act was introduced in 1988 to create an authority to provide water and electricity in the ACT. It prescribed a four-member board - the Chief Executive Officer and three other members. While this board has effectively managed the organisation under its current charter, I believe that, to meet the Government's expectations that the organisation operate as a business
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