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Accordingly, officials are also addressing the advantages and disadvantages of a unilateral move by the ACT to require thermal insulation. Mr Speaker, I reiterate that that was a discussion paper. It remains so, and the matters are still being actively pursued before a government policy on the matter is arrived at.
Retail Trading Hours
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, the second answer is to a question that Mr Stevenson asked yesterday, and it had to do with retail stores in Canberra acting in contravention of Sunday trading legislation. The answer to that question is that the Trading Hours Act 1962 limits the hours that some businesses may be open, but also exempts the sale of a number of commodities from the provisions of that Act. Items which may be traded at any time include foodstuffs, garden requisites, souvenirs, hobby and handicraft goods, motor vehicle parts, flowers, books and periodicals.
I understand that some businesses which trade in a mixture of exempt and non-exempt goods cordon off the non-exempt goods at a time when their sale is not approved. Some problems have arisen in the past due to interpretations that can apply to exempt goods within the wording of the Act, and this has caused some complications in administering the Act. This is one of the issues which I would expect to be addressed in a review of ACT trading hours currently being undertaken for the Government by the consultant group ACIL Australia Pty Ltd.
Mr Speaker, I have no information on any current breaches. If Mr Stevenson has specific information on any contraventions, perhaps he would provide it to me and we will take it under advisement.
Psychiatric Day Care Centre
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I had a question from Mrs Grassby during question time about the Woden psychiatric day care centre and am happy to provide some information about that matter. I think it answers the question that Mrs Grassby asked. The day centre has felt for some time that its current location in the hospital is not in keeping with its community oriented program and has been searching for a community location for about three years.
Because of the scarcity of community facilities on the south side of Canberra, up until now no suitable premises have been found. However, space is about to become available at the Kambah Health Centre because of the transfer of many of its services to the new Tuggeranong Health Centre which will open in the near future. At the
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