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along commercial lines, a larger board will be required. This board will have seven members, consisting of ACTEW's Chief Executive Officer and six other members. A larger board will enable a greater depth and breadth of relevant expertise to be brought to the organisation to assist it to meet its objectives. This is consistent with the requirements of the companies code and the Territory Owned Corporations Bill previously presented to the Assembly. Mr Deputy Speaker, I present the explanatory memorandum to the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Ms Follett) adjourned.
INTERIM PLANNING BILL 1990
MR KAINE (Chief Minister) (4.26): Mr Deputy Speaker, I present the Interim Planning Bill 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Mr Deputy Speaker, in presenting this Bill to the Assembly it is important that I outline its relationship to the integrated planning and land use legislation package which was presented earlier this year and released for wider community consultation.
The Government has received many thoughtful and constructive suggestions from the community in response to the draft planning and land use Bills. It is clear from these comments that the public shares our view that this legislation is among the most important to be considered by the Assembly in its earliest years. It is essential therefore that the issues surrounding the package be fully aired before we finalise those Bills.
Accordingly, as I announced in August, the Government having completed its consideration of the community's comments, the revised legislation will be released for a further period of public consultation. It is expected that this will occur by the middle of December, with the period of public consultation extending to the end of February next year. At the same time I will invite the standing committees of the Assembly with an interest in the legislation to conclude their consideration of the package of Bills following their release in the revised form. While it is important to have the legislation in place as soon as possible, it is equally important, as I recall Mr Connolly commenting earlier this year, that we get this package of legislation right. I welcome Mr Connolly's call for this legislation to be examined in a non-partisan spirit.
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